Rhabdocline weirii

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Rhabdocline weirii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes Subclass: Leotiomycetidae Order: Helotiales Family: Hemiphacidiaceae Genus: Rhabdocline Species: R. weirii
Binomial name
Rhabdocline weirii 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 affects Douglas-fir trees.^[1][2] 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 the Christmas tree farming industry.^[1]

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Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Rhabodocline Needlecast (Rhabdocline weirii)," Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
2. ^ "How To Identify and Control Rhabdocline and Swiss Needlecasts of Douglas-Fir," North Central Forest Experiment Station United States Forest Service, 1983. Retrieved 7 September 2007.