Fachgebiete von A-Z

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kathrin Blumenstein

Fields

Leaf pathogens of horse chestnuts

Description: Study on the filamentous fungi in the phyllosphere responsible for the symptoms in horse chestnut leaves, the spread of the pathogens within Europe and the role of the chestnut leaf miner as a potential vector of the fungi

Diplodia shoot dieback

Description: Investigation of the influence of endophytic fungi on the pathogen in pines and other conifers, the virulence potential of the pathogen and other factors causing the disease outbreak in the host trees; population studies and genotyping of the pathogen in Europe

Dothistroma and Lecanosticta needle diseases

Invasive and spreading fungal pathogens in forest and urban trees

Description: Development of methods for the targeted investigation and identification of invasive and spreading fungal pathogens in forests and urban areas