Dothistroma needle blight in natural forests of Corsican pine in La Sila Massif, Calabria, Italy

Si discutono i fattori potenziali determinanti del l'outbreak del patogeno fungino Dothistroma septosporum nelle foreste naturali di pino laricio della Calabria nel contesto delle malattie forestali emergenti e le potenzialità di studio offerte dalla popolazione silana del patogeno per chiarire i nodi ancora irrisolti circa l'origine della malattia in Europa / The abstract summarizes a talk where the potential drivers of the outbreak of Dothistroma septosporum recently reported in the natural forests of Pinus nigra laricio in The Sila Massif (Calabria, Italy) in the frame of emerging forest diseases in Europe. The research opportunities provided by the D. septosporum population found in The Sila Massif in order to clarify the still elusive origin of the disease in Europe, are also discussed.