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Disease Note Kabatina juniperi Associated with Branch Tip Dieback of Eastern Red Cedar in Maine. A. Ostrofsky, Department of Botany & Plant Pathology and College of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono 04469. W. D. Ostrofsky, Department of Botany & Plant Pathology and College of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono 04469. Plant Disease 68:351, 1984. Accepted for publication 20 January 1984. Copyright 1984 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-68-351f. Branch tip dieback was noted on naturally occurring eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginianaL.) in Kittery, York County, Maine, in May1983. Black acervuli of Kabatina juniperiSchneider & v. Arx (Kabatina thujae var. juniperi sensu Morelet) were found at the base of the discolored foliage. Few branch tips were affected. Although tip blight diseases of junipers have been known in Maine for many years, this is the first report of K. juniperi in Maine. The northern limit of eastern red cedar in New England is mid-Oxford County, Maine, about 160 km north of Kittery. |