a) Rosellinia necatrix
Anselmi, N. & Giorcelli, A. (1990). I marciumi radicali del pioppo da Rosellinia necatrix Prill. Inf.re Fitopat. 1: 45-52.
Giorcelli, A., Nicolotti, G., Vietto, L. & Cellerino, G.P. (1996). The influence of some ecological factors on the incidence of Rosellinia necatrix Prill. Proc. XX Session of the International Poplar Commission, 1-4 Oct. 1996, Budapest (ed. I. Bach), vol. I, 167-174. I.P.C.: Budapest.
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b) Discosporium populeum
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Avramovic, G. (1989). [Size of necrotic areas on poplar bark caused by the fungus Dothichiza populea and its dependence on plant development.] Topola 157-158: 11-14.
c) Cytospora chrysosperma
Guyon, J.C. (1996). Effects of environmental stress on the development of Cytospora canker of aspen. Plant Dis. 80: 1320-1326.
Mc Intyre, G.A., Jacobi, W.R. & Ramaley, A.W. (1996). Factors affecting Cytospora canker occurence on aspen. J. Arboric. 22: 223-229.
d) Hypoxylon mammatum
Capretti, P. (1983). Danni da Hypoxylon mammatum (Wahl.) Mill. sul pioppo tremolo. Inf.re Fitopat. 7-8: 47-49.
Falk, S.P. (1989). Hypoxylon canker incidence and mortality in naturally occurring aspen clones. Plant Dis. 73: 394-397.
Griffin, D.H., Quinn, K.E., Gilbert, G.S., Wang, C.J.K. & Rosemarin, S. (1992). The role of ascospores and conidia as propagules in the disease cycle of Hypoxylon mammatum. Phytopathology 82: 114-119.
Manion, P.D. & Griffin, D.H. (1986). Sixty-five years of research on Hypoxylon canker of aspen. Plant Dis. 70: 803-808.
Ostry, M.E. & Anderson, N.A. (1995). Infection of Populus tremuloides by Hypoxylon mammatum ascospores through Saperda inornata galls. Can. J. For. Res. 25: 813-816.
Pinon, J. (1986). Situation d'Hypoxylon mammatum en Europe. EPPO Bull. 16: 543-546.
Rogers, J.D. & Ju, Y.M. (1996). Entoleuca mammata comb. nov. for Hypoxylon mammatum and the genus Entoleuca. Mycotaxon 59: 441-448.
e) Septoria musiva
Krupinsky, J.M. (1989). Variability in Septoria musiva in aggressiveness. Phytopathology 79: 413-416.
Ostry, M.E., Mc Roberts, R.E., Ward, K.T. & Resendez, R. (1988). Screening hybrid poplars in vitro for resistance to leaf spot caused by Septoria musiva. Plant Dis. 72: 497-499.
Yang, D., Bernier, L. & Dessureault, M. (1994). Biological control of Septoria leaf spot of poplar by Phaeotheca dimorphospora. Plant Dis. 78: 821-825.
f) poplar Melampsorae
Bagyanarayana, G. (1998). The species of Melampsora on Populus (Salicaceae). Proc. 1st I.U.F.R.O. Rusts of Forest Trees W.P. Conference, 2-7 Aug. 1998, Saariselkä (eds. R. Jalkanen, P.E. Crane, J.A. Walla & T. Aalto), 37-51. Finnish Forest Research Institute: Rovaniemi.
Gennaro, M. & Cellerino, G.P. (1998). Assessment of the in vivo antagonism of phylloplane fungi and bacteria against Melampsora spp. on cultivated poplars. Proc. 1st I.U.F.R.O. Rusts of Forest Trees W.P. Conference, 2-7 Aug. 1998, Saariselkä (eds. R. Jalkanen, P.E. Crane, J.A. Walla & T. Aalto), 85-96. Finnish Forest Research Institute: Rovaniemi.
Pinon, J. (1986). Situation de Melampsora medusae en Europe. EPPO Bull. 16: 547-551.
Pinon, J. (1992). Variability in the genus Populus in sensitivity to Melampsora rusts. Silvae Genetica 41: 25-34.
Pinon, J. & Frey, P. (1997). Structure of Melampsora larici-populina populations on wild and cultivated poplar. Eur. J. Plant Path. 103: 159-173.
Shain, L. (1988). Evidence for formae speciales in the poplar leaf rust fungus, Melampsora medusae. Mycologia 80: 729-732.
Sharma, J.K. & Heather, W.A. (1988). Light and electron microscope studies on Cladosporium tenuissimum, mycoparasitic on poplar leaf rust, Melampsora larici-populina. Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 90: 125-131.
Spiers, A.G. & Hopcroft, D.H. (1994). Comparative studies of the poplar rusts Melampsora medusae, M. larici-populina and their interspecific hybrid M. medusae-populina. Mycol. Res. 98: 889-903.
g) poplar Marssoninae
Cellerino, G.P. (1979). Le Marssoninae dei pioppi. Cellulosa e Carta 2: 3-23.
Giorcelli, A. & Vietto, L. (1991). Efficacia in vitro e in campo di inibitori della biosintesi dell'ergosterolo e di alcuni composti tradizionali verso Marssonina brunnea (Ell. et Ev.) P. Magn. Econ. Montana - Linea Ecol. 23: 51-55.
Hiratsuka, Y. (1984). New leaf spot fungus, Marssonina balsamiferae, on Populus balsamifera in Manitoba and Ontario. Mycotaxon 19: 133-136.
Spiers, A.G. (1984). Comparative studies of host specificity and symptoms exhibited by poplars infected with Marssonina brunnea, Marssonina castagnei and Marssonina populi. Eur. J. For. Path. 14: 202-218.
Spiers, A.G. (1988). Studies of Marssonina castagnei in Australasia. Eur. J. For. Path. 18: 65-76.
Spiers, A.G. & Hopcroft, D.H. (1998). Morphology of Drepanopeziza species pathogenic to poplars. Mycol. Res. 102: 1025-1037.
h) poplar Pollacciae
Funk, A. (1988). Pollaccia borealis sp. nov. associated with a purple-brown leaf spot of aspen. Can. J. Bot. 67: 776-778.
Funk, A. (1989). Observations on an aspen leaf spot disease and associated fungus, Pollaccia borealis. Can. J. Plant Path. 11: 353-356.
Morelet, M. (1985). Les Venturia des peupliers de la section Leuce - 1. Taxinomie. Cryptogamie, Mycol. 6: 101-117.
Wu, W.-P. & Sutton, B.C. (1995). Further observations on Pollaccia mandshurica, a pathogen of Populus spp. in China. Mycol. Res. 99: 983-986.
i) other poplar pathogens
Frontz, T.M., Davis, D.D., Bunyard, B.A. & Royse, D.J. (1998). Identification of Armillaria species isolated from bigtooth aspen based on rDNA RFLP analysis. Can. J. For. Res. 28: 141-149.
Gremmen, J. & de Kam, M. (1977). Ceratocystis fimbriata, a fungus associated with poplar canker in Poland. Eur. J. For. Path. 7: 44-47.
de Gruyter, J. & Scheer, P. (1998). Taxonomy and pathogenicity of Phoma exigua var. populi var. nov. causing necrotic bark lesions on poplars. J. Phytopath. 146: 411-415.
Schipper, A.L., Jr. (1977). Dothichiza and Phomopsis cankers of hybrid poplar in Iowa. Proc. Amer. Phytopath. Soc. 4: 109-110.
Stanosz, G.R. & Patton, R.F. (1987). Armillaria root rot in Wisconsin aspen sucker stands. Can. J. For. Res. 17: 995-1000.
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