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Article: Study findings from S. Lupo et al provide new insights into forestry.(Report)
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- Agriculture Week
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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According to recent research published in the journal Forest Pathology, "Lesions of variable size, associated with the hymenomycete Inocutis jamaicensis, a white-rot fungus, have been observed on the stems of Eucalyptus globulus trees in Uruguay. The aim of this study was to evaluate some ecophysiological characteristics of I. jamaicensis and assess its ability to colonize E. globulus trees of two different seed origins (Geeveston and Jeeralang) and the clone, 334-1-AR, obtained by micropropagation (ENCE, Spain)."
"The growth of an I. jamaicensis isolate (MVHC11379) was evaluated at 25 degrees C in a medium with a water potential of 0 (Psi = 0). The growth rate ...