Chapter 20-Armillaria root diseases of diverse trees in wide-spread global regions

Mee-Sook Kim, Renate Heinzelmann, Frédéric Labbé, Yuko Ota, Rubén Damián Elías-Román, María Belén Pildain, Jane E. Stewart, Stephen Woodward, Ned B. Klopfenstein

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Abstract

Armillaria root disease, caused by diverse species from the Agaricomycete genus Armillaria s.l. (including the closely related genus Desarmillaria), is a primary cause of mortality and growth loss of widely ranging horticultural, urban, and forest trees and shrubs in diverse boreal, temperate, and tropical/subtropical regions where woody plants grow around the world. Whether behaving as a pathogen or saprotroph, Armillaria causes white rot, in which the three main polymeric constituents of woody tissues (lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose) are degraded during the decay process. This chapter provides a compendium of Armillaria root diseases on diverse trees in wide-spread global regions and includes topics such as species identification, disease spread, geographical distribution, ecology, infection biology, and disease management.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationForest Microbiology
Subtitle of host publicationForest Tree Health
EditorsFred O. Asiegbu, Andriy Kovalchuk
PublisherElsevier Academic Press
Pages361-378
Number of pages18
Volume2
ISBN (Print)978-0-323-85042-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jul 2022

Keywords

  • Armillarioids
  • Honey mushroom
  • Mycelial fan
  • Rhizomorphs
  • Root rot
  • Shoestring root rot
  • White-rot fungi
  • Wood decay

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