
Discula destructiva Redlin (1991) (Redlin 1991)
Dogwood anthracnose
Unknown (Caetano-Anolles et al. 2001)
First detected in the late 1970s (Daughtrey et al. 1996)
Unknown (Daughtrey et al. 1996)
Fungal disease of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) trees (Daughtrey et al. 1996)
Distribution / Maps / Survey Status
USDA. FS. Northern Research Station.
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Partnership
Federal Government
USDA. FS. Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry.
International Government
Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service.
State and Local Government
Academic
Michigan State University. Center for Integrated Plant Systems.
Citations
Caetano-Anolles, G., R.N. Trigiano, and M.T. Windham. 2001. Patterns of evolution in Discula fungi and the origin of dogwood anthracnose in North America, studied using arbitrarily amplified and ribosomal DNA. Current Genetics 39(5-6):346-354.
Daughtrey, M.L., C.R. Hibben, K.O. Britton, M.T. Windham, and S.C. Redlin. 1996. Dogwood anthracnose: understanding a disease new to North America. Plant Disease 80(4):349-358.
Redlin, S.C. 1991. Discula destructiva sp. nov., cause of dogwood anthracnose. Mycologia 83(5):633-642.