Επίπεδο εγγραφής:	Τμήμα έργου
Εξωτερική διεύθυνση διάθεσης πλήρους ψηφιακού τεκμηρίου με ανοικτή πρόσβαση (link):	http://www.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/14192/13978
Χρονολογία:	2014
Θέμα:	Δασική παθολογία Forest pathology
Δημιουργός:	Τσόπελας, Παναγιώτης Σουλιώτη, Νικολέτα
Τίτλος:	Invasion of the fungus Ceratocystis platani in Epirus: A potential threat of an environmental disaster in the natural ecosystems of plane trees
Γλώσσα:	Αγγλικά
Λέξεις-Κλειδιά:	Diseases; Fungi; Pathogens; Ceratocystis platani; Platanus orientalis; Ασθένειες; Μύκητες; Παθογόνα
Τοπική κάλυψη:	Ήπειρος
Περίληψη:	Canker stain disease of plane trees, caused by the fungus Ceratocystis platani, is one of the most destructive forest tree diseases worldwide. C. platani is considered an indigenous species of North America that was introduced into Europe during WWII. In Greece, the pathogen was detected for the first time in 2003 in Messenia prefecture and gradually invaded the neighbouring prefectures of Ilia and Arcadia, while in 2009 it was found in the Achaia prefecture. In these areas of Peloponnese C. platani has already killed thousands of oriental plane (Platanus orientalis ) trees of all ages and sizes and it is steadily spreading into new areas. In 2010, infection foci were detected for the first time in the region of Epirus, in NW Greece close to the border with Albania. There the disease was found in the area of Tyria in the Ioannina prefecture, close to the newly constructed highway “Egnatia”, as well as along the Kalamas River in Thesprotia prefecture. The distance between the two areas is about 30 km. It is possible that more infection foci exist in the Epirus region and they have not been detected yet. From the number of infected trees, it is assumed that the pathogen has been spread into these areas in the last 4‒5 years. Most likely, inoculum of C. platani was transferred to Epirus from Peloponnese with terracing machinery that was used in the construction of “Egnatia” or in some other construction site. The disease was locally spread in these areas by humans, involving construction works and other activities of municipalities and of other institutions. In both areas that the disease was found terracing machinery has been used. Furthermore, small infection foci initiated by contaminated tools used in pruning operations, especially along local roads, were observed. The main target of control measures should be the prevention of further spread of the disease into new areas through human activities. Herbicides can be used for the devitalisation of infected as well as healthy neighbouring trees in order to create a buffer zone and minimize the risk of transmission through the roots; trenches can also be created around infection foci in order to stop fungal spread by this pathway. If no control measures are taken soon, the pathogen has the potential to spread in natural ecosystems of oriental plane in Epirus and other areas of Greece as well as in neighbouring countries, causing a huge ecological disaster.
Εξειδίκευση τύπου :	Τεκμήριο συνεδρίου
Περιγραφή:	Oral presentation Abstracts of invited lectures, oral and poster presentations given at the 15th Hellenic Phytopathological Congress, Corfu, Greece, 5–8 October 2010
Τίτλος περιέχουσας πηγής:	Phytopathologia Mediterranea
Άδεια χρήσης:	Creative Commons Μηδέν
Διάθεση ψηφιακού τεκμηρίου:	Πλήρης
Αρίθμηση περιέχουσας πηγής:	vol. 53
Σελίδες περιέχουσας πηγής:	p. 340
Εμφανίζεται στις Ομάδες Τεκμηρίων:	5.1.3. Δασική Παθολογία

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