white-pine blister rust

disease

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    • In blister rust

      White pine blister rust, caused by C. ribicola, is a virulent disease that was introduced from China to North America around 1900. The disease affects five-needled pine species, commonly known as white pines, and has depleted stands across North America.

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dispersal agents

    • currant
      • red currant
        In currant: Cultivation and disease

        …hosts in the spread of white-pine blister rust, a destructive disease of the five-leaved pines in Europe and America. Because the white pine is a very valuable timber tree, the black currant has been declared a menace and is not grown in parts of the northwestern United States; culture of…

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    • gooseberry
      • gooseberry
        In gooseberry: Major species

        …provide an alternate host for white-pine blister rust, it is illegal to grow grossularia in some states where white pine is an important resource.

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