Acute Oak Decline in pedunculate oak forests in Croatia: first record and assessment of disease occurrence and severity
Research paper
Key message
Acute Oak Decline was confirmed at 22 sites across Croatian pedunculate oak forests; among 2,580 trees assessed at confirmed sites, 21.0% had stem bleeding, site-level incidence ranged from 0.83% to 58.33%, and individual trees had up to 19 bleeds, demonstrating widespread but strongly heterogeneous disease incidence and severity.
Keywords
Quercus robur; Brenneria goodwinii; Gibbsiella quercinecans; Agrilus spp.; Epidemiology; Forest health
Publication
Pernek, M., Kovač, M., Kajamuhan, A. et al. Acute Oak Decline in pedunculate oak forests in Croatia: first record and assessment of disease occurrence and severity. Annals of Forest Science 83, 53 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-026-01370-6
Handling editor
Benoit Marçais