Selection of poplar clones for the lower valley of the Colorado River, Argentina

Horizontal gene transfer and gene dosage drives adaptation to wood colonization in a tree pathogen

“…It has recently been reported, to our knowledge, for the first time west of the Rocky Mountains and in Argentina and Brazil (6)(7)(8). This disease has become the most important factor limiting poplar plantations in eastern North America and could threaten the poplar industry worldwide (6,9).…”

Screening of ESTs from Septoria musiva (teleomorph Mycosphaerella populorum) for detection of SSR and PCR–RFLP markers

“…Widespread use of hybrid poplar in north-central and northeastern North America is limited by occurrence of the leaf spot and canker disease caused by the haploid Coelomycete fungus Septoria musiva (teleomorph Mycosphaerella populorum ). With the extension of poplar cultivation, the disease has been introduced to South America (Ares & Butierrez 1996) and its presence has recently been reported in bioclimatic domains 3 and 4 (sugar maple-yellow birch and balsam fir-yellow birch domains) in the province of Québec previously considered to be S. musiva -free (Feau et al . 2005a).…”