- Rhabdocline weirii
Taxobox
name = "Rhabdocline weirii"
regnum =Fungi
phylum =Ascomycota
classis =Leotiomycetes
subclassis =Leotiomycetidae
ordo =Helotiales
familia =Hemiphacidiaceae
genus = "Rhabdocline "
species = "R. weirii"
binomial = "Rhabdocline weirii"
binomial_authority = A.K. Parker & J. Reid, (1969)
synonyms = "Propolis weirii" Traverso & Trotter, (1928)
"Rhabdocline weirii subsp. oblonga" A.K. Parker & J. Reid, (1969)
"Rhabdocline weirii subsp. obovata" A.K. Parker & J. Reid, (1969)Rhabdocline weirii is a fungal
plant pathogen . The pathogen, along with "Rhabdocline pseudotsugae ", causes Rhabdocline needlecast; "R. weirii" only affectsDouglas-fir trees." [http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_df-ndlcst/ndlcst.htm How To Identify and Control Rhabdocline and Swiss Needlecasts of Douglas-Fir] ," North Central ForestExperiment Station "United States Forest Service", 1983. Retrieved7 September 2007 .] The disease causes the needles of the tree to discolor and eventually fall from the tree. The pathogen often makes Douglas-fir trees unsalable as Christmas trees and affects theChristmas tree farming industry." [http://www.plantpath.cornell.edu/trees/RhabdoN.html Rhabodocline Needlecast ("Rhabdocline weirii")] ," Department of Plant Pathology, "Cornell University". Retrieved7 September 2007 .]External links
* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]References
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