Gum oozing out of longitudinal lesion
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P. agathidicida lesion on kauri tree |
P. agathidicia oogonia Light micrograph of P. agathidicida oospore (Scale bar equals 15 µm) |
P. agathidicida lesion on kauri tree Advancing triangular lesion extending up the trunk of an 80 cm DBH kauri tree in the Huia Dam Site along Twin Peaks Track, Waitakere Regional Park |
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. agathidicia sporangia Differentiation of the cytoplasm within papillate sporangia into acid fuchsin stained zoospores |
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 disease symptoms on kauri Crown decline of mature kauri, with branchlets with little or no leaves |
P. agathidicia growth on V8 Colony morphology of ex-holotype ICMP 17027 after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |
Boot wash to station to control spread of P. agathidicida Use of hypochlorite solution applied through a “livestock drench-gun”, integrated with a soil grate to allow potentially contaminated soil to be collected |
P. agathidicida growth on MEA Diffuse, non-patterned, colony morphology of ICMP 16471 (the original “Gadgil isolate”) after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |
Tāne Mahuta “Lord of the Forest” kauri tree Tāne Mahuta “Lord of the Forest” is a giant kauri tree (approximately 47 metres in height) in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Its age is unknown but is estimated to be between 1,250 and 2,500 years |
P. agathidicia growth on PDA Colony morphology of ex-holotype ICMP 17027 after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |