Use of hypochlorite solution applied through a “livestock drench-gun”, integrated with a soil grate to allow potentially contaminated soil to be collected
Photo Gallery
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Boot wash to station to control spread of P. agathidicida  |
P. agathidicia oogonia  Light micrograph of P. agathidicida oospore (Scale bar equals 15 µm) |
P. agathidicia growth on PDA  Colony morphology of ex-holotype ICMP 17027 after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |
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P. agathidicida sporangium  Globose to ovoid-ellipsoid, papillate sporangium |
P. agathidicida growth on CMA  Diffuse, non-patterned, colony morphology of ICMP 16471 (the original “Gadgil isolate”) after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |
P. agathidicia disease symptoms on kauri  Crown decline of mature kauri, with branchlets with little or no leaves |
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P. agathidicia growth on V8  Colony morphology of ex-holotype ICMP 17027 after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |
P. agathidicida oospores in planta  Oospores in the roots of kauri seedlings inoculated with P. agathidicida. The root has been cleared with potassium hydroxide and bleached with peroxide before being stained with trypan blue (scale bar =100 µm). |
P. agathadicida disease symptom  Excavated lesion, with outer bark removed showing extent of disease-front |
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Mat to control spread of P. agathidicida  Jogger running over a plastic-reinforced, foam-mat containing a 2% solution of Trigene™ Advance (quaternary ammonium compound) as part of a cross-country event, in the Waitakere Regional Park |
P. agathidicia oogonia  P. agathidicida oogonia with SEM (top) and light microscopy (bottom) |
P. agathidicida lesion on kauri tree  Gum oozing out of longitudinal lesion |