Tip Dieback in Southern Pine Nurseries. S. J. Rowan, Principal Research Plant Pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Athens, GA 30602. Plant Dis. 66:258-259. Accepted for publication 4 December 1981. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1982. DOI: 10.1094/PD-66-258.

Dieback of terminal shoots of slash and loblolly pine seedlings was first observed in 1977 in nurseries from Texas to Florida. Phomopsis spp., Diplodia gossypina, and Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans were isolated from diseased tissues. Inoculations indicated that D. gossypina and F. moniliforme var. subglutinans were pathogenic.

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