Hello colleagues, Our plant disease clinic here in Columbus, Ohio, has been observing higher incidence of Phomopsis spp. associated with tip dieback in spruce (both Norway and Colorado blue spruce) in the last few years, whereas the usual culprit used to be cytospora in the past. Has anyone else observed the same? We are just wondering if this is something worth following up. Thanks! Enrico -- ----------------------------------------- Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello, Assoc. Professor Dept. of Plant Pathology The Ohio State University 201 Kottman Hall 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210 Tel: (614) 688-5401 Lab: (614) 688-5409 Fax: (614) 292-4455 http://plantpath.osu.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-directory/bonello-pierlu… Environmental Science Graduate Program (ESGP) http://esgp.osu.edu/ Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program (PMBB) http://pmbb.osu.edu/