Virulence of Leptographium serpens on Longleaf Pine Seedlings Under Varying Soil Moisture Regimes.

Recently, Leptographium serpens has been recovered from the roots of declining and dead longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) in stands associated with various abiotic stresses. Although most data suggest that L. serpens is pathogenic to various Pinus spp.

Pitch Canker Caused by Fusarium circinatum Identified on Spruce Pine in Alabama.

A dieback associated with resinous branch and main stem cankers was observed on two spruce pine (Pinus glabra Walt.) trees in Lee County, Alabama in July 2002. Xylem tissues beneath the cankers were resinsoaked as is characteristic of pitch canker on other southern pine species.

Alterations in plant growth and in root hormone levels of lodgepole pines inoculated with rhizobacteria.

The presence of other soil microorganisms might influence the ability of rhizobacterial inoculants to promote plant growth either by reducing contact between the inoculant and the plant root or by interfering with the mechanism(s) involved in rhizobacterially mediated growth promotion. We conducted the following experiments to determine whether reductions in the extent of growth promotion of lodgepole pine mediated by Paenibacillus polymyxa occur in the presence of a forest soil isolate (Pseudomonas fluorescens M20) and whether changes in plant growth promotion mediated by P. polymyxa (i) are related to changes in P.

Evidence for Induced Systemic Protection to Fusiform Rust in Loblolly Pine by Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria.

Trials conducted in 1997 and 1998 tested eight strains of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for their capacity to induce systemic protection in loblolly pine to the causal agent of fusiform rust. Pine seeds were treated with bacteria at time of sowing, and seedlings were artificially inoculated with basidiospores of Cronartium quercuum f. sp.