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Summary of WPGP/WHISP

There are nine white pines (also called five-needle or white pines) belonging to the genus Pinus sub-genus Strobus in North America that are vulnerable to attack by the exotic fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola, causal agent of white pine blister rust (WPBR). WPBR has reached epidemic proportions in some species and is predicted to have catastrophic ecological consequences in others. The goals of WPGP are to identify and isolate the genes that are responsible for conferring both types of resistance to WPBR.

The goal of WHISP is single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery in the North American members of the white pines (Pinus section strobus). These SNP's will then be utilized to investigate evolutionary relationships among these species.

Resources Dendrome IUFRO Calendar of Events UCD Department of Plant Sciences Institute of Forest Genetics Directory of Forest Geneticists U.S. Geological Survey -- Tree Distribution Genetic Resources Strobusphere

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