Marcelo I Bustamante, Shannon Colleen Lynch, Karina Elfar, John N Kabashima, Rhonda Wood, Heather F Neault, Madeleine B Rauhe, Jeffrey Crain, Jasmine A Lopez, Amanda Penicks, Humberto Mojica, Mike D Atkinson, Christopher Shogren, Molly Arreguin, Carissa Frency Chiang, Samuel I Wells, Karen S Alarcon, Akif Eskalen
Pinus eldarica , P. halepensis and P. radiata are important conifer species native to Mediterranean regions that are cultivated in the southwestern United States for landscaping (Phillips and Gladfelter, 1991; Chambel et al., 2013). Among them, Monterey pine ( P. radiata ) is native to restricted areas of California and Mexico, but it is extensively grown for timber production in other countries, especially in the Southern Hemisphere (Rogers, 2004). From 2018 to 2022, severe dieback and cankers have been detected on more than 30 mature pines of the three species within a 40-ha urban forest in Orange County, Southern California...
February 1, 2023: Plant Disease