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Research Project: Integrated Disease Management of Exotic and Emerging Plant Diseases of Horticultural Crops

Location: Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit

Title: Soil moisture and temperature conditions affect survival and sporulation capacity of Rhododendron leaf disks infested with Phytophthora ramorum

Author
item PETERSON, EBBA - Oregon State University
item Grunwald, Niklaus - Nik
item PARKE, JENNIFER - Oregon State University

Submitted to: Meeting Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/15/2016
Publication Date: 3/1/2017
Citation: Peterson, E.K., Grunwald, N.J., Parke, J.L. 2017. Soil moisture and temperature conditions affect survival and sporulation capacity of Rhododendron leaf disks infested with Phytophthora ramorum. In: Proceedings of the Sudden Oak Death Sixth Science Symposium; 6/20/16-6/23/16; San Francisco, CA. Available: https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr255/psw_gtr255.pdf. 81 p.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Soilborne inoculum (infested leaf debris which has become incorporated into the soil) may be an important contributor to the persistence of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in recurrently positive nurseries. To initiate new epidemics, soilborne inoculum must not only be able to survive over time, but also be capable of producing sporangia during times favorable to infection of plant material at the soil surface. To accompany field studies of the epidemiological risk of soilborne inoculum in nurseries, laboratory assays were performed investigating how incubation of inoculum at various temperature and moisture regimes affects sporulation capacity and survival of P. ramorum.