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White pine blister rust resistance in Pinus
monticola
and P. albicaulis
in
the Pacific Northwest U.S. – a tale of two species
Richard A. Sniezko,
Angelia Kegley,
Robert Danchok
USDA Forest Service,Dorena
Genetic Resource Center,Cottage Grove, Oregon, USA.
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P.monticolaP.albicaulis
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Forestry
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(from Sniezko and others 2011)
Pinus albicaulisDescription Pinus monticola levila.jpg Range map of western white pine (Pinus monticola)
Date 1999(1999)
Source Digital representation of "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr. [1]
Author U.S. Geological Survey
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Whitebark stands on Kwohl Butte, taken
yesterday while installing a blister rust
survey and perm plot. (Photo: Chris
Jensen)
Warm Spring (J.Barnes)
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P. monticola
Problem
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Whitebark pine & western white pine are highly susceptible to the non‐
native white pine blister rust fungus
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Most WBP & WWP have died or will die when exposed to WPBR
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A PETITION TO LIST THE WHITEBARK PINE, PINUS ALBICAULIS, AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
December 8, 2008
http://docs.nrdc.org/legislation/files/leg_08120801a.pdf
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Whitebark Pine
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July 2011: US Fish & Wildlife Service agreed that the whitebark pine, a wide‐ranging
species of tree found on mountain tops in much of western North America, faces an "imminent" risk of extinction. The "warranted
but precluded" decision … but the Service's limited budget prevents adding whitebark to
the federal endangered species list at this time.
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Pinus monticola
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Return of the giants: Restoring white pine ecosystems by breeding and aggressive
planting of blister rust‐resistant white pines
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Author: Fins, Lauren; Byler, James; Ferguson, Dennis; Harvey, Al; Mahalovich, Mary Francis; McDonald, Geral I.; Miller, Dan; Schwandt, John; Zack, Art
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Date: 2001•
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/35328
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Solution
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Find and utilize the low frequency of natural genetic resistance present in these species
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Genetic Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust
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Is there genetic resistance?•
What is the frequency of resistance in the
population?•
What level of genetic resistance?
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How does it compare in western white pine and whitebark pine?
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Is it durable?
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Genetic Resistance ‐
Objectives
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Develop durable genetic resistance to aid reforestation and restoration efforts
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Utilize all types of resistance•
Increase the level of resistance
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Maintain high genetic diversity•
Maintain adaptability
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Make resistant seed available
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Photo: V.EricksonC. Jensen
M.Murray
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TESTING FOR BLISTER RUST RESISTANCE
Jan 2006 –
16 months post-inoculation
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Whitebarkpine
Limberpine
WWP
Sugarpine
SWWP
Inoculation Trials
P. aristata
Photo: A.Garrett
Needle lesions (‘spots’)
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Sow#102,
Tree 3, Box
17 – many
stem
infections
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Bark Reaction
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Whitebark pine – 2 of 12 families showing good survival, 2.5 years after artificial inoculation
Infected primary needles of P. monticola susceptible
HR
Pinus monticola
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P. monticola : 2 seedlings in 2007, 2.5 years after rust inoculation in 2004
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% RSURV LO
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
% R
SUR
V H
II
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
DeschutesFremontMt. HoodColvilleShoshone
r = 0.89p < 0.0001n = 20
Survival of 20 FAMILIES
at Low vs. HighInoculum Density (LO vs HI)
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% stem symptoms
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
# fa
mili
es
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Results through ~ 4 years after inoculation
Variation in % Cankering for 94 Whitebark Pine Families
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Results (2002 WBP trial)
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Low & High inoculum density give similar results for % variables (high infection & mortality) –
except for Colville population
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Increasing inoculum density increases #spots (~3x) & #stem symptoms (~2x)
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The 2 northern populations are most resistant (higher survival, lower %SS, lower #SS, higher SSAL)
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Bark reactions & partial bark reactions at higher levels in Colville & Mt. Hood families.
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More ‘latent’
cankers in C & H families
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Breeding P. monticola
Climate Change & Resistance
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Impact geographic occurrence & intensity•
Timing and duration of spread
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Differential aggressiveness/virulence with temperature changes?
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Monitor trials in the field for changes•
Seed movement impacts on resistance
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P. monticola
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Highly susceptible to wpbr•
High mortality in many
natural populations •
>4000 families tested
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HR resistance found•
Partial resistance present
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Breeding zones setup•
Orchards established
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Field tests since <1996
P. albicaulis
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Highly susceptible to wpbr•
High mortality in many
natural populations •
~380 families tested
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No HR resistance found (yet)•
Partial resistance present
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Breeding zones setup•
No orchards
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Only a few recent field testsSniezko 2011‐
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Professor George Newcombe and
vegetation ecologist Laura
Hudson inoculatewhitebark pine seedlings with
endophytic fungus at the Dorena
Genetic Research Center.
NPS/Elena Thomas
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Volume 27, Number 2, Fall 2010Published: 28 October 2010 (online) • 4 November 2010 (inprint) •
http://www.nature.nps.gov/ParkScience/index.cfm?ArticleID=418&Page=1
Sidebar
Whitebark pine restoration under way at Crater LakePreemptive strike against blister rust based on disease‐resistant seedlingsBy Laura E. Hudson and Elena K. Thomas
END RESULT
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NPS/Steve Thomas
Whitebark pine restoration at Crater Lake Rim Village involved bringing in bouldersto the former parking area, drilling holes in the compacted soil, and scattering woodydebris. These microhabitat manipulations help protect the seedlings from exposure to highwinds and heavy snowpack.
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Summary•
Genetic resistance to blister rust exists in both WWP &
WBP•
Geographic trends or pockets of resistance?
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WWP has one resistance mechanism (HR) that may not be present in WBP
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WBP has higher level of resistance?•
More information is needed on resistance, including its
durability•
Breeding should be able to increase the level of resistance
or combine resistances•
WWP & WBP seed is being used for restoration or
reforestation
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Acknowledgments
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USDA Forest Service, USDI Bureau of Land Management, & USDI National Park Service
for funding, cone collections, field sites and personnel to assist with various phases of
resistance work
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