Influence of climatic factors on radial growth of Scots pine under the conditions of technogenic pollution in the city of Krasnoyarsk by Yu. V. Klad’ko, A. V. Ben’kova, L. N. Skripal’shсhikova

“…Thus, the study of radial growth dynamics of Scots pine trees under the influence of technogenic pollution of different composition and intensity is greatly important. …”
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Detecting wetland encroachment and urban agriculture land classification in Uganda using hyper-temporal remote sensing [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservat... by Stella Kabiri, Rebecca Ssabaganzi, Beatrice Akello, Molly Allen, Drake Mubiru, Juduth Toma Okuonzia

“…The major crops grown in these urban wetlands were banana (20%), sugarcane (22%), maize (17%), Eucalyptus trees (12%), sweet potatoes (10%), while ornamental nurseries, pine trees, vegetables, and passion fruits were each at 5%.…”
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Transcription Factor and Protein Regulatory Network of <i>PmACRE1</i> in <i>Pinus massoniana</i> Response to Pine Wilt Nematode Infection by Wanfeng Xie, Xiaolin Lai, Yuxiao Wu, Zheyu Li, Jingwen Zhu, Yu Huang, Feiping Zhang

“…Often termed the “cancer” of pine trees, it severely impacts the growth of Masson pine (<i>Pinus massoniana</i>). …”
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STATAWAARS: a promoter motif associated with spatial expression in the major effector-producing tissues of the plant-parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus by Margarida Espada, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, Tom Maier, Paramasivan Vijayapalani, Thomas Baum, Manuel Mota, John T. Jones

“…The migratory endoparasitic nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, (pinewood nematode) is a quarantine pathogen that infects pine trees and has a hugely detrimental economic impact on the forestry industry. …”
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Fungal Communities of the Pine Wilt Disease Complex: Studying the Interaction of Ophiostomatales With Bursaphelenchus xylophilus by Cláudia S. L. Vicente, Cláudia S. L. Vicente, Miguel Soares, Jorge M. S. Faria, Margarida Espada, Manuel Mota, Filomena Nóbrega, Ana P. Ramos, Maria L. Inácio, Maria L. Inácio

“…Our results showed that non-infected P. pinaster mycoflora is more diverse (in terms of abundance and fungal richness) than PWN-infected pine trees in the most recent PWD foci, as opposed to the fungal communities of long-term PWD history sites. …”
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Pinus massoniana somatic embryo maturation, mycorrhization of regenerated plantlets and its resistance to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus by You-Mei Chen, You-Mei Chen, Qi Fei, Qi Fei, Xin-Rui Xia, Xin-Rui Xia, Xin Ke, Xin Ke, Jian-Ren Ye, Jian-Ren Ye, Li-Hua Zhu, Li-Hua Zhu

“…Breeding of PWN-resistant pine trees is an important approach to prevent the disease. …”
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Comparison of lodgepole and jack pine resin chemistry: implications for range expansion by the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Erin L. Clark, Caitlin Pitt, Allan L. Carroll, B. Staffan Lindgren, Dezene P.W. Huber

“…The ability of jack pine trees to defend themselves against mass attack and their suitability for brood success will play a major role in the success of this insect in a putatively new geographic range and host. …”
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Invasion of Pine Wilt Disease: A threat to forest carbon storage in China by Bohai Hu, Wenjiang Huang, Zhuoqing Hao, Jing Guo, Yanru Huang, Xiangzhe Cheng, Jing Zhao, Quanjun Jiao, Biyao Zhang

“…In this study, we integrated multiple data sources, including forest surveys, remote sensing, and meteorological observations, and applied a method of finely partitioning the resistance of host pine trees across China. Using the MaxEnt model, a live carbon risk model, and a C recovery REGIME model that incorporates disturbance mechanisms, we predicted the forest C risk loss caused by the comprehensive invasion of PWD and assessed the C recovery time for affected forests. …”
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Genomics of the expanding pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola reveals patterns of ongoing genetic admixture by Marina Marcet-Houben, Fernando Cruz, Jéssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler S. Alioto, Juan Carlos Nunez-Rodriguez, Nebai Mesanza, Marta Gut, Eugenia Iturritxa, Toni Gabaldon

“…ABSTRACTLecanosticta acicola is the causal agent for brown spot needle blight that affects pine trees across the northern hemisphere. Based on marker genes and microsatellite data, two distinct lineages have been identified that were introduced into Europe on two separate occasions. …”
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The novel nematicide chiricanine A suppresses Bursaphelenchus xylophilus pathogenicity in Pinus massoniana by inhibiting Aspergillus and its secondary metabolite, sterigmatocystin by Jiayu Jia, Long Chen, Wenjing Yu, Shouping Cai, Shunde Su, Xiangxi Xiao, Xinghao Tang, Xiangqing Jiang, Daoshun Chen, Yu Fang, Jinjin Wang, Xiaohua Luo, Jian Li, Yunpeng Huang, Jun Su

“…PWD is caused by the pine wood nematode (PWN, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) and transmitted into pine trees by a vector insect, the Japanese pine sawyer (JPS, Monochamus alternatus). …”
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Blue rings in trees and shrubs as indicators of early and late summer cooling events at the northern treeline by Agata Buchwal, Agata Buchwal, Pawel Matulewski, Ylva Sjöberg, Alma Piermattei, Alma Piermattei, Alan Crivellaro, Alan Crivellaro, Angela Balzano, Maks Merela, Luka Krže, Katarina Čufar, Alexander V. Kirdyanov, Alexander V. Kirdyanov, Tatiana Bebchuk, Tito Arosio, Ulf Büntgen, Ulf Büntgen, Ulf Büntgen

“…The high temperature sensitivity of pine trees in northern Fennoscandia has led to some of the most reliable tree-ring climate reconstructions in the world for the past millennia. …”
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Composition and phytopathogenic properties of bacteria isolated from Pinus sibirica Du Tour wood affected by bacterial wetwood in the Baikal region by I. D. Grodnitskaya, V. A. Senashova, M. Yu. Trusova, O. E. Pashkeeva, Yu. N. Baranchikov

“…From the infested wood of Siberian stone pine trees affected by bacterial wetwood, a complex of pure microorganisms cultures, not previously described in other studies, was isolated. …”
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Thirty-year dynamics of the pine stand sanitary conditions of Boyarka forestry research station by Nataliia Puzrina, Anatolii Karpuk, Roman Vasylyshyn, Oleksandr Melnyk, Olha Tokarieva

“…After the dry growing seasons of 2015-2017, the drying of pine trees with mass reproduction of stem pests was revealed, the infestation coefficient of which indicates the dominance of the sharp-dentated bark beetle Ips acuminatus Gyll. and a large ash bark beetle Tomicus minor which are aggressive species. …”
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Drought supersedes warming in determining volatile and tissue defenses of piñon pine (Pinus edulis) by Amy M Trowbridge, Paul C Stoy, Henry D Adams, Darin J Law, David D Breshears, Detlev Helmig, Russell K Monson

“…To address this, we transplanted mature piñon pine trees—a well-studied species that has undergone extensive drought and herbivore-related mortality—within their native woodland habitat and also to a hotter-drier habitat and measured monoterpene emissions and concentrations across the growing season. …”
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Assessment of the Mass and Surface Area of the Scots Pine (<i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L.) Needles by Monika Sporek, Kazimierz Sporek, Ján Stebila, Martin Kučerka, Richard Kminiak, Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis

“…Further studies are required and more algorithms need to be developed for the quantitative assessment of the LAI in Scots pine trees, using a larger number of sample trees with more varied biometric features.…”
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ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREE DIMENSIONS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT by G. Scarmana, K. McDougall

“…</p><p>One hundred and three mature Norfolk Island pine trees (<i>Araucaria heterophilla</i>) located along a tourist shoreline of the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) were selected for this work. …”
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Structural properties of pure and mixed bosnian pine stands on Mt. Zeletin by Popović Aleksandar, Pantić Damjan, Stajić Branko, Košanin Olivera, Petrović Nenad

“…The mixed stands reveal a more heterogeneous structural development. Bosnian pine trees cluster at short distances, which is probably the result of a struggle for survival in highly unfavorable conditions. …”
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Chemodiversity of a Scots pine stand and implications for terpene air concentrations by J. Bäck, J. Aalto, M. Henriksson, H. Hakola, Q. He, M. Boy

“…Our aim was to analyze the variability of mono- and sesquiterpene emissions between Scots pine trees, in order to clarify the potential errors caused by using emission data obtained from only a few trees in atmospheric chemistry models. …”
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Assessing the effect of invasive organisms on forests under information uncertainty: The case of pine wood nematode in continental Europe by Nick Schafstall, Laura Dobor, Marco Baldo, Andrew M. Liebhold, Werner Rammer, Juha Honkaniemi, Tomáš Hlásny

“…Selection of different assumptions about biological processes resulted in differential timing and size of the main mortality wave, eliminating 40%–95% of pine trees within 100 years post-introduction, with a maximum annual carbon loss between 1.3% and 4.2%. …”
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Influencia del azulado (mancha azul) en la densidad y estabilidad dimensional de la madera de Pinus sylvestris Influence of blue stain on density and dimensional stability of Pinus... by Adrián Rey-Prieto, Guillermo Riesco-Muñoz

“…<br>Pinus sylvestris timber is commercially important, but its value is considerably decreased by the effects of blue stain fungi. Seven pine trees from Spanish plantations were felled for the study, and 14 discs were sampled from different heights in their stems. …”
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