OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Forest Pathology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Botryosphaeriaceae species causing canker and dieback of English walnut (Juglans regia) in Italy	21
Lignin nanoparticles containing essential oils for controlling Phytophthora cactorum diseases	18
Foliar nematode, Litylenchus crenatae ssp. mccannii, population dynamics in leaves and buds of beech leaf disease‐affected trees in Canada and the US	16
Oil palm survival under climate change in Kalimantan and alternative SE Asian palm oil countries with future basal stem rot assessments	15
A framework to evaluate climate effects on forest tree diseases	14
Occurrence and diversity of Phytophthora species in declining broadleaf forests in western Ukraine	12
Development of a TaqMan qPCR assay for the detection and quantification of Gnomoniopsis castaneae in chestnut tissues	11
Blue‐stain fungi isolated from freshly felled Scots pine logs in Poland, including Leptographium sosnaicola sp. nov	10
Oil palm survival under climate change in Malaysia with future basal stem rot assessments	10
A HOPS protein, CfVps39, is required for appressorium formation, environmental stress response and vacuolar fusion of Colletotrichum fructicola	9
Terpene and resin acid contents in Scots pine stem lesions colonized by the rust fungus Cronartium pini	9
Agrobacterium pusense, a new plant tumour‐inducing pathogen isolated from Lawson cypress	9
Genetic recombination in Teratosphaeriadestructans causing a new disease outbreak in Malaysia	9
Iberian oak decline caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi: A spatiotemporal analysis incorporating the effect of host heterogeneities at landscape scale	9
Detection and spread of Phytophthora austrocedri within infected Juniperus communis woodland and diversity of co‐associated Phytophthoras as revealed by metabarcoding	9
First report of Calonectria cerciana causing leaf blight of Eucalyptus in northern India	9
A key effector, BxSapB2, plays a role in the pathogenicity of the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus	9
First report of leaf spot on Elaeagnus pungens caused by Epicoccum latusicollum in China	9
A critical appraisal on the recurrence of sandalwood spike disease and its management practices	9
Differences in the virulence of Sphaeropsis sapinea strains originating from Scots pine and non‐pine hosts	8
Monitoring foliar symptom expression in beech leaf disease through time	8
Isolation and pathogenicity of Phytophthora species from sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) stands in Slovakia	7
First report of Lecanosticta acicola on pine and non‐pine hosts in Turkey	7
Xylem characteristics in Ulmus americana cultivars and their potential use as a preliminary screening method for Dutch elm disease resistance	6
Screening of Metrosideros polymorpha (‘ōhi‘a) varieties for resistance to Ceratocystis lukuohia	6

Chemical defence responses of Norway spruce to two fungal pathogens	6
A new, highly aggressive race of Austropuccinia psidii infects a widely planted, myrtle rust‐resistant, eucalypt genotype in Brazil	6
Anthropogenic and landscape features are associated with ink disease impact in Central Italy	6
Occurrence of Diaporthe species in Eucalyptus globulus, Pinus pinaster and Quercus suber in Portugal	6
Virulence of seven pathogenic bursaphelenchus xylophilus isolates in pinus pinaster and pinus radiata seedlings and its relation with multiplication	6
Resistance evaluation of walnut (Juglans spp.) against Xanthomonas arboricola and the correlation between leaf structure and resistance	5
New hosts for Lecanosticta acicola and Dothistroma septosporum in newly established arboreta in Spain	5
Occurrence of Dothistroma needle blight in Lithuania and Belarus: The risk posed to native Scots Pine forests	5
Epidemiological characterization of a disease associated with phytoplasmas in Andean oak, Quercus humboldtii Bonpland, in Bogotá—Colombia	5
Campsisgrandiflora as a new host species harbouring two novel 16SrI subgroups of phytoplasmas	5
Occurrence of Phytophthora species in riparian stands of black alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Slovakia	5
Powdery mildews on Quercus: A worldwide distribution and rediscovered holotype provide insights into the spread of these ecologically important pathogens	5
Phenolic compound concentrations in Picea abies wood as an indicator of susceptibility towards root pathogens	5
Phylogenetic and pathogenicity evaluation of the marasmioid fungus Marasmius palmivorus causing fruit bunch rot disease of oil palm	5
The influence of time, soil moisture and exogenous factors on the survival potential of oospores and chlamydospores of Phytophthora cinnamomi	5
The effect of Melampsorella caryophyllacearum (fir broom rust) on the morphological and anatomical traits of Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi‐trojani	4
Assessment of dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium sichuanense) infection in spruce trees by using hyperspectral data	4
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) as biomarkers for detection of Ceratocystis platani	4
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a poorly known species—Erysiphe bulbouncinula (Erysiphaceae) on Koelreuteria paniculata	4
Genetic diversity of phytoplasmas associated with several bamboo species in India	4
Molecular characterization and functional analysis of akt‐1 in pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus	4
Bacterial shoot blight of sweet crab apple caused by Pseudomonas viridiflava	4
Applications of a conceptual framework to assess climate controls of forest tree diseases	4
Botryosphaeriaceae diversity on Eucalyptus clones in different climate zones of Indonesia	4
First report of Colletotrichum aeschynomenes causing anthracnose on Camellia oleifera in China	4
Damping‐off, root rot and wilting caused by Pythium myriotylum on Acacia crassicarpa in Sumatra, Indonesia	4
Transformation of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) tree crowns by dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium tsugense, Viscaceae)	3
Growth and canopy traits affected by myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii Winter) in Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla	3
Phylogeography and host range of Armillaria gallica in riparian forests of the northern Great Plains, USA	3
Transferring an Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation protocol across eight genera in the Ceratocystidaceae	3
Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) can directly transmit the fungal pathogens responsible for Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death	3
A potential role for Botryosphaeria parva (Anamorph Neofusicoccum parvum) in plane tree (Platanus orientalis) decline in İstanbul, Turkey	3
Monitoring of long‐term tolerance of European ash to Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in clonal seed orchards in Sweden	3
First report on the occurrence of Phytophthoraobscura on Acerpseudoplatanus in Slovakia	3
Fusarium spp. diversity associated with symptomatic Acacia koa in Hawaiʽi	3
Rigidoporus microporus and the white root rot disease of rubber	3
Isolation and identification ofRahnella victorianaassociated with bacterial canker ofEucalyptusin Iran	3
The natural persistence and distribution of the proposed biological control agent Verticillium nonalfalfae on Ailanthus altissima in Virginia, USA	3
The true nature of Ganoderma in Iran: Taxonomy based on ITS and mtSSU rDNA	3
The potential diversity of vegetative compatibility types in the population of Cryphonectria parasitica in Turkey	3
Non‐linear reduction of photosynthetic ability in oak trees infected with Tubakia koreana causing Quercus leaf blight	3
Early detection of the oak wilt fungus (Bretziella fagacearum) using trapped nitidulid beetle vectors	3
Symptom development and mortality rates caused by Armillaria ostoyae in juvenile mixed conifer stands in British Columbia’s southern interior region	3
First report on the Dutch elm disease pathogen Ophiostoma novo‐ulmi from Latvia	3
Hyperparasitism by Sphaerellopsis macroconidialis may lower over‐wintering survival of Uromycladium acaciae	3
Clonal resistance of rubber tree to Colletotrichum spp.	3
Susceptibility of germinating seedlings of European and Eurasian populations ofPinus sylvestristo damping‐off caused byFusarium circinatum	3
Diagnostic markers for Teratosphaeria destructans and closely related species	3
Identification of Melia azedarach and Eucalyptus camaldulensis as natural hosts and reservoirs of phytoplasmas in India	3
Leaf morphological and physiological variations in response to canopy dieback of Persian Oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.)	3

First detection ofBursaphelenchus abietinusandB. andrassyiin Italy	3
Population structure of Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. sensu stricto in Pinus brutia Ten. in south‐western Turkey	3
Genetic diversity and population structure of Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis isolates from Melastoma and Eucalyptus in Malaysia and Indonesia	3