Cronartium fusiforme (southern fusiform rust)

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Cronartium fusiforme Hedge & N.R. Hunt ex Cummins 1956

Preferred Common Name

• southern fusiform rust

Other Scientific Names

• Peridermium fusiforme Arthur & F. Kern 1906

International Common Names

• English: fusiform rust of pine; rust of oak; rust of pine; southern fusiform of pine rust
• Spanish: roya vesicular del pino
• French: rouille vesiculeuse du chene; rouille vesiculeuse du pin

Local Common Names

• Germany: Rost: Eiche; Rost: Kiefer; Spindel-: Kiefer Rost

EPPO code

• CRONFU (Cronartium fusiforme)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Fungi
•         Phylum: Basidiomycota
•             Subphylum: Pucciniomycotina
•                 Class: Pucciniomycetes
•                     Order: Pucciniales
•                         Family: Cronartiaceae
•                             Genus: Cronartium
•                                 Species: Cronartium fusiforme

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Plant Trade

References

Arthur JC, Kern FD, 1906. North American species of Peridermium. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 33:403-438.

Arthur JC, Kern FD, 1914. North American species of Peridermium on Pine. Mycologia, 6:109-138.

CABI/EPPO, 1998. Distribution maps of quarantine pests for Europe (edited by Smith IM, Charles LMF). Wallingford, UK: CAB International, xviii + 768 pp.

CABI/EPPO, 2003. Cronartium fusiforme. Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases, No. 475. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Carey WA, Kelley WD, 1993. Seedling production trends and fusiform rust control practices at southern nurseries, 1981-1991. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 17(4):207-211

Carey WA, Kelley WD, 1994. Cyproconazole for control of fusiform rust on loblolly pine seedlings. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 18(3):101-104; 10 ref.

Cummins GB, 1956. Nomenclatural changes for some North Americal Uredinales. Mycologia, 48: 601-608.

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

Goyer RA, Jones JP, 1997. New insights in forest pest management. Louisiana-Agriculture, 40(2):12-14.

Haywood JD, Tiarks AE, Snow GA, 1994. Combinations of fungicide and cultural practices influence the incidence and impact of fusiform rust in slash pine plantations. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 18(2):53-59; 22 ref.

Kuhlman EG, Pepper WD, 1994. Temperature effects on basidiospore germination and on infection of slash pine seedlings by Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme. Phytopathology, 84(7):735-739

Kuhlman EG, Powers HR, Pepper WD, 1995. Relative fusiform rust resistance of loblolly and slash pine sources and families in Georgia and South Carolina. Research Paper - Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, No. SE-291:12 pp.; 18 ref.

Marx DH, 1987. Triadimefon and Pisolithus ectomycorrhizae affect second-year field performance of loblolly pine. Research Note - Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, No. SE-349:6 pp.

McNab WH, Miller T, Brender EV, 1990. Growth and fusiform rust responses of Piedmont loblolly pine after several site preparation and regeneration methods. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 14(1):18-24

Morgan-Jones G, McKemy JM, 1990. Studies in the genus Cladosporium sensu lato. I. Concerning Cladosporium uredinicola, occurring on telial columns of Cronartium quercuum and other rusts. Mycotaxon, 39:185-200

Powers HR Jr, 1988. Control of tip moth by carbofuran reduces fusiform rust infection on loblolly pine. Research Paper - Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, No. SE-270:4 pp.

Powers HR, Miller T, Belanger RP, 1993. Management strategies to reduce losses from fusiform rust. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 17(3):146-149; 34 ref.

Schmidt RA, Allen JE, Belanger RP, Miller T, 1995. Influence of oak control and pine growth on fusiform rust incidence in young slash and loblolly pine plantations. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 19(4):151-156; 26 ref.

Schmidt RA, Allen JE, Belanger RP, MillerRhoades AS, Hedgcock GG, Bethel E, Hartley C, 1918. Host relationships of the North American rusts, other than species of Gymnosporangium, which attack conifers. Phytopathology, 8:309-352.

Schmidt RA, Miller T, Holley RC, Belanger RP, Allen JE, 1988. Relation of site factors in fusiform rust incidence in young slash and loblolly pine plantations in the coastal plain of Florida and Georgia. Plant Disease, 72(8):710-714

Sluder ER, 1996. Two-stage selection in slash pine produces good gains in fusiform rust resistance. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 20(3):143-147; 22 ref.

Stone DM, Powers HR, 1989. Sewage sludge increases early growth and decreases fusiform rust infection of nursery-run and rust-resistant loblolly pine. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 13(2):68-71

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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