Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thèse (M.Sc)--Université Laval, 1998. / Bibliogr. Publié aussi en version électronique.

The purpose of the study was to increase the understanding of the distribution of pine stem rust (Cronartium pini) in young pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests in the northern parts of Sweden. In addition, this study also investigates how the density of cow-wheat (Melampyrum spp.), altitude and proportion of deciduous trees in a stand affects the relative frequency of pine stem rust. The results showed a difference in the distribution of pine stem rust between investigated regions, with Norrbotten county having the largest occurrence with an average relative frequency of 6,9 % and Västernorrland/Jämtland county having the lowest with an average of 0,5 %. Furthermore, results showed that investigated areas with a high frequency of cow-wheat had the highest frequency of pine stem rust in almost all parts of data. The result is most likely due to cow-wheat being important host plants for pine stem rust. Weak correlations were found between altitude and pine stem rust as well as between proportion of deciduous trees and pine stem rust. The weak correlations indicates that there are more factors affecting the occurrence of pine stem rust. However, in following studies of collected data all investigated factors needs to be compared to determine their importance and how they interact with each other. Additionally, comparing the two variants of pine stem rust are essential to increase the understanding of their differences.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1959. / Typescript. Abstracted in Dissertation abstracts, v. 20 (1959) no. 2, p. 450. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-93).

A demographic census and disease assessment was conducted in 2007 and 2015 in three Tennessee populations of the dioecious shrub,;Buckleya distichophylla (Santalaceae). Population sizes were relatively stable over time and plant heights and numbers of stems per clump were similar among populations. Seedlings were present in all populations, where they represented 14–19% of individuals. Two populations had an equal male:female sex ratio, but a third population was male-biased. Nonflowering individuals comprised 33–41% of individuals in a population. The majority of plants in all populations had high vigor. Spatial analyses revealed clusters of seedlings in two populations and a cluster of low-vigor plants in one population. Cronartium appalachianum, a rust fungus dependent upon;Pinus virginiana and B. distichophylla as primary and alternate hosts, respectively, was present in all populations with prevalences on B. distichophylla of 19–29%, but there was no spatial clustering of disease in populations. The tree species nearest to B. distichophyllavaried among populations with Tsuga canadensis predominant in one population, T. caroliniana in another, and P. virginiana in the third. Buckleya distichophylla in proximity to P. virginiana had a higher than expected prevalence of C. appalachianum infection.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-78). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thèse (M.Sc.)--Université Laval, 2004. / Bibliogr. Publié aussi en version électronique.

Cette recherche visait le développement de marqueurs génétiques codants pour Cronartium ribicola, agent causal de la rouille vésiculeuse du pin blanc (RVPB), sans biais pour les populations de l’Est ou de l’Ouest de l’Amérique du Nord. Huit marqueurs ont permis de génotyper 80 individus à l’aide de la technique SSCP (Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism) et ainsi d’étudier la variabilité génétique à l’intérieur de ces populations. Cette étude a confirmé la présence d’une barrière au flux génique entre les populations situées à l’est et à l’ouest des Prairies, des populations à l’est des Rocheuses s’étant groupées avec les populations de l’Ouest. La différentiation génétique présente entre les populations de l’Est et de l’Ouest est hautement significative et la diversité nucléotidique est trois fois supérieure chez les populations de l’Est. De plus, un hybride entre C. ribicola et Cronartium comandrae, agent causal de la rouille-tumeur oblongue, est rapporté pour la première fois. / The goal of this research was to develop coding genetic markers for the white pine blister rust (WPBR) causal agent, Cronartium ribicola, without bias for populations from eastern or western North America. Eight markers were used to genotype 80 individuals, using the SSCP (Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism) technique, allowing to study genetic variability within these populations. This study confirmed the presence of a barrier to gene flow between populations located east and west of the Prairies, populations from the Rockies having grouped with western populations. The genetic differentiation between eastern and western populations is highly significant and nucleotide diversity was three times higher in eastern populations. Furthermore, an hybrid between C. ribicola and Cronartium comandrae, causal agent of comandra blister rust, is reported for the first time.

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