“…Pitch canker disease of pine trees and Douglas fir, caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O'Donnell (formerly known as Gibberella circinata ), is one of the most important pathogens of Pinus species and is listed as a quarantine or regulated pest in Europe and other regions of the world (Carrasco, Sanfuentes, Durán, & Valenzuela, ; Ganley, Watt, Kriticos, Hopkins, & Manning, ; Pfenning et al, ; Vettraino, Potting, & Raposo, ). The pathogen has been reported in most of the world's pine production zones, especially in those where Pinus radiata is intensively planted, either on adult forests or nurseries (EPPO, ; Wingfield et al, ).…”