First record of Chalara fraxinea in Finland and genetic variation among isolates sampled from Åland,mainland Finland,Estonia and Latvia |
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| Authors: | A Rytkönen A Lilja R Drenkhan T Gaitnieks J Hantula |
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| Institution: | 1. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit, PO Box 18, FI‐01301 Vantaa, Finland;2. E‐mail: anna.rytkonen@metla.fi (for correspondence);3. Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, F.R. Kreutzwaldi 5, 51014 Tartu, Estonia;4. Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, Forest Phytopathology and Mycology, Rigas Str. 111, 2169 Salaspils, Latvia |
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| Abstract: | We have isolated and confirmed the identification of ash dieback fungus (Chalara fraxinea, teleomorph Hymenoscyphus albidus) for the first time in Finland. In a preliminary analysis, considerable amount of genetic variation was detected among 20 Finnish (Åland and mainland Finland), one Latvian and 11 Estonian isolates, analysed by random amplified microsatellite (RAMS) markers. |
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