TAIGA - Top 50 Most Unwanted Pathogens

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Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak death) - Guillaume Bilodeau, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Phytophthora kernoviae (foliar necrosis) - Forest Research, United Kingdom Forestry Commission, Bugwood.org

Heterobasidion annosum s.l.(Annosus root rot) - Brigitte Lung, INRA de Bordeaux

Gremmeniella abietina, EU race (Scleroderris canker) - Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft Archive, Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Bugwood.org;

Leptographium wageneri (black stain root diease) - Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org;

Lachnellula willkommii (Larch canker) - Andrej Kunca, National Forest Centre - Slovakia, Bugwood.org;

Chalara fraxinea (Ash dieback) - Dominique Piou;

Fusarium circinatum (pitch canker of pine) - Terry S. Price, Georgia Forestry Commission, Bugwood.org;

Ceratocystis fagacearum (Oak wilt) - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Archive, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org;

Ceratocystis poloncia (sap stain/ blue stain fungi) - Keiko Kuroda, Proceedings of the IUFRO Working Party 7.02.02

Top 50 Most Unwanted Pathogens

The assembled culture collection and database of pathogens will include stakeholder identified 50 ‘most unwanted’ pathogens.
Species specific DNA sequences from the identified pathogens will be gathered from public DNA sequence databases, or obtained by PCR sequencing if not already available.
Culture information will be compiled into a database, including a pathogen description, available DNA sequences, disease etiology, phytosanitary concerns and treatment methods.
The 50 most unwanted forest pathogenswill have their genomics-derived candidate gene sets and targeted genes validated against established collections.
Detection monitoring assays for the 50 most unwanted pathogens will be developed.