Mycobiota of Castanea sativa Mill. in Azerbaijan - WSL

408 Dilzara N. Aghayeva
According to POTLAYCHUK (1957) the species of the genus Certocystis occurring in oak
may originate from elm. By infecting maple it can be passed back to oak and elm again. In
Azerbaijan the agent of oak decline was established as C. roboris and GUSEINOV (1984)
experimentally proved its pathogenicity. Internal and external signs of drying chestnut trees
correspond to similar symptoms of oak decline. It remains an open question whether the
C. roboris has passed from oak to chestnut and then adapted to it.
It is supposed that C. castaneae takes part in drying of chestnut trees but inoculation tests
should be done to prove the pathogenicity of the fungus.
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to Dr. Ursula Heiniger of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Land -
scape Research WSL for helpful comments on revising this article.
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