Fig. 2From: Phytophthora: an ancient, historic, biologically and structurally cohesive and evolutionarily successful generic concept in need of preservationNumber of important Phytophthora declines and diebacks of forests and natural ecosystems over time. Adapted from Jung et al. (2018a). [1 = ink disease of Castanea sativa in Europe (observation of first typical symptoms in 1838), 2 = ink disease of Castanea dentata in the USA (observation of first typical symptoms in 1824), 3 = decline of Fagus sylvatica in the UK, 4 = littleleaf disease of pines in the USA, 5 = decline and mortality of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana in the Pacific Northwest, 6 = jarrah dieback in Western Australia (WA; observation of first typical symptoms in the 1920s), 7 = ink disease of C. crenata and chestnut hybrids in Korea, 8 = eucalypt dieback in Victoria (observation of first typical symptoms in 1935), 9 = kauri dieback in New Zealand, 10 = Dieback of Nothofagus forests in Papua New Guinea, 11 = Mediterranean oak decline, 12 = Alnus mortality in Europe, 13 = temperate European oak decline, 14 = decline of F. sylvatica in mainland Europe, 15 = Sudden Oak Death in California and Oregon, 16 = littleleaf disease of Pinus occidentalis in the Dominican Republic, 17 = mortality of Austrocedrus chilensis in Argentina (observation of first typical symptoms in 1948), 18 = leaf and shoot blight of eucalypt plantations in New Zealand, 19 = oak decline in the Eastern USA, 20 = root and collar rot of eucalypt plantations in South Africa, 21 = needle cast and defoliation of Pinus radiata in Chile, 22 = dieback of Eucalyptus gomphocephala in WA, 23 = dieback of riparian Eucalyptus rudis in WA, 24 = Sudden Larch Death in the UK, 25 = dieback of Araucaria excelsa in Brazil, 26 = Ash decline in Denmark and Poland, 27 = dieback of Nothofagus spp. in the UK, 28 = mortality of Juniperus communis in the UK, 29 = red needle cast of P. radiata in New Zealand, 30 = leaf and twig blight of Ilex aquifolium in Corsica and Sardinia, 31 = dieback of Mediterranean maquis vegetation, 32 = Dieback of Fagaceae-Lauraceae monsoon forests in Northern Taiwan, 33 = Dieback of subtropical Fagaceae forests in Southern Taiwan, 34 = poplar dieback in Serbia, 35 = dieback of Valdivian rainforests in Chile, 36 = gummosis of Acacia mearnsii plantations in Brazil, 37 = collar rot of P. radiata plantations in New Zealand, 38 = dieback of laurosilva cloud forests in Northern Vietnam, 39 = black butt of Acacia mangium plantations in Vietnam, 40 = decline of Cinnamomum cassia plantations in Vietnam, 41 = cankers and dieback of Western hemlock and Douglas fir in the UK.]Back to article page