55 research outputs found
Abiraterone Acetate for the Treatment of Chemotherapy-Naive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of an NICE Single Technology Appraisal
This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme (see the HTA programme website for further project information [http://www.hta.ac.uk])
Novel associations of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B gene variants with prostate cancer risk in a multiethnic study
Changing paradigms in management of metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
Genetic diversity in Nordic and Baltic populations of Chondrostereum purpureum: a potential herbicide biocontrol agent
Impact of forest fire on occurrence of Heterobasidion annosum s.s. root rot and other wood-inhabiting fungi in roots of Pinus mugo
Forest fires result in disturbance of wood- and soil-inhabiting fungal communities and also have an impact on the persistence of rot-causing fungi that are present in infected root systems. The aims of the present study were to (1) investigate the occurrence of the root pathogens Heterobasidion and Armillaria in root disease centres on burned and non-burned sites in Pinus mugo forest and (2) study the impact of forest fire on the community structure of other wood-inhabiting fungi colonizing tree roots. A total of 18 root disease centres were investigated in 120-year-old plantations on sandy dunes in the Curonian Spit of western Lithuania, 14 of which were located on burned and 4 on non-burned sites. A total of 484 fungal isolates representing 16 taxa were obtained from 270 P. mugo root systems sampled at 10–30 cm in the soil. The two most frequently isolated fungi were Trichoderma viride and Penicillium sp. found in all disease centres and 96.7 per cent and 39.6 per cent of root systems, respectively. Heterobasidion annosum s.s. was the most commonly isolated basidiomycete found in 15 disease centres. Overall, it was isolated from 19.3 per cent of the root systems. The fungus gave growth from 42.5 per cent of root systems on non-burned and from 15.2 per cent of root systems on burned sites, and the difference was statistically significant (chi-squared test; P < 0.001); thus forest fire in disease centres seemingly had reduced occurrence of the pathogen. Nevertheless, H. annosum s.s. persisted on 11 burned sites, and on four of those fresh sporocarps were observed. Armillaria borealis was less commonly isolated (3.0–5.0 per cent of the root systems)Vytauto Didžiojo universitetasŽemės ūkio akademij
Impact of forest fire on occurrence of Heterobasidion annosum s.s. root rot and other wood-inhabiting fungi in roots of Pinus mugo
Stump removal to control root disease in Canada and Scandinavia:a synthesis of results from long-term trials
A review of studies on heterobasidion and its control in Latvia
Approximately 50% of the total area of Latvia is covered by forest: of which 35% is dominated by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and 18% by Norway spruce (Picea abies)
European Fraxinus species introduced into new Zealand retain many of their native endophytic fungi
Fraxinus species were introduced in to New Zealand as amenity trees as early as the mid-1850s. As a likely consequence of this early introduction and of their geographic isolation, Fraxinus species in New Zealand have not yet been subjected to the devastating impacts of ash decline caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxinus. This study used isolations, PCR and cloning methods to examine the endophytic fungi associated with Fraxinus excelsior and F. angustifolia on the north island of New Zealand
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