Second Science Symposium
January 18 - 21, 2005

Quantitative resistance to Phytophthora ramorum in tanoak

Katherine Hayden and Matteo Garbelotto, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; (510) 643-4282; khayden@nature.berkeley.edu

Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflora) is among the hosts most heavily impacted by sudden oak death; individual sites show up to 70% of tanoak infected, with correspondingly high mortalities. However, patches of healthy tanoak are often observed immediately adjacent to patches with heavy mortality, suggesting that there may be variability for resistance in the system. We report on a preliminary study of resistance to infection by Phytophthora ramorum within a single tanoak population. Sixty saplings grown from acorns collected in Six Rivers National Forest were inoculated using both standard underbark inoculations and a wounding leaf inoculation. There was significant variability in lesion size among individuals for both techniques, and stem lesion area was positively correlated with leaf lesion area. Further, there was a significant block effect, whereby trees in south-facing rows of the lathehouse had smaller lesions than those in north-facing rows. This effect was less pronounced for the leaf assay. We conclude that there is variability in resistance to P. ramorum within tanoak populations, and that leaf inoculations provide a convenient and easily replicated assay for resistance.

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