Scientific Summaries

2013-09-05

Scientific Summary 109 in IUFRO News Vol. 42, Issue 8, early September 2013

The lack of knowledge about the presence and frequency of occurrence of viral diseases in forest trees gives the impression that they are rare and not so important. However, the opposite is the case...

At a research workshop of IUFRO Working Party 7.02.04 on "Viruses and Phytoplasma of Forest and Urban Trees" in Berlin, Germany, on 29 May 2013, participants agreed that there is an urgent need for reliable methods of virus detection and identification in forest trees, as well as a need for tools for disease management. Knowledge of virus characteristics and their epidemiology are the first steps in developing appropriate phytosanitary strategies to produce virus-free plants and to keep tree seedlings free of plant viruses. The mode of transmission has to be considered as an important factor affecting the spread and impact of a virus infection within a forest.

 

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Urgent Need for Reliable Methods of Virus Detection and Identification in Forest Trees

Report from the research workshop of IUFRO Working Party 7.02.04 on "Viruses and Phytoplasma of Forest and Urban Trees" in Berlin, Germany, on 29 May 2013, by Carmen Büttner, Coordinator of IUFRO WP 7.02.04, and Risto Jalkanen, Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO WP 7.02.04.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70204/ 

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