{"id":6821,"date":"2026-01-30T17:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:28:46","slug":"inoculation-success-of-inonotus-obliquus-ach-ex-pers-pilat-in-birch-betula-pendula-roth-b-pubescens-ehrh-and-alder-alnus-incana-l-moench-a-glutinosa-l-gaertn-in-estonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2026\/01\/30\/inoculation-success-of-inonotus-obliquus-ach-ex-pers-pilat-in-birch-betula-pendula-roth-b-pubescens-ehrh-and-alder-alnus-incana-l-moench-a-glutinosa-l-gaertn-in-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Inoculation success of Inonotus obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) Pil\u00e1t in birch (Betula pendula Roth, B. pubescens Ehrh.) and alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench, A. glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.) in Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #0d5c06;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Research paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article__sub-heading\" data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Hutt-K.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6822 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Hutt-K-300x179.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Hutt-K-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Hutt-K-640x381.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Hutt-K.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Key message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This is the first study to investigate the success of inoculation\u00a0of\u00a0<i>Alnus incana<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>A. glutinosa<\/i>\u00a0with\u00a0<i>Inonotus obliquus<\/i>\u00a0(Ach. ex Pers.) Pil\u00e1t, providing new insights about the potential cultivation\u00a0of this valuable fungus\u00a0under field conditions. Results show that conks developed slowly under natural conditions.\u00a0The development of the fungus\u00a0observed in\u00a0<i>A. glutinosa<\/i>\u00a0suggests that this species may be as suitable a host for\u00a0<i>I. obliquus<\/i>\u00a0than birches. Furthermore, visible stem symptoms proved unreliable for detecting infection, highlighting the importance of molecular diagnostics for accurate assessment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br \/>\nChaga; <i>Betula<\/i> spp. ; <i>Alnus<\/i> spp. ; Medicinal fungi; Artificial inoculation; Non-timber forest products<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-025-01321-7'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nK\u00fctt, K., Adamson, K., J\u00fcrimaa, K.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Inoculation success of\u00a0<i>Inonotus obliquus<\/i>\u00a0(Ach. ex Pers.) Pil\u00e1t in birch (<i>Betula pendula<\/i>\u00a0Roth,\u00a0<i>B. pubescens<\/i>\u00a0Ehrh.) and alder (<i>Alnus incana<\/i>\u00a0(L.) Moench,\u00a0<i>A. glutinosa<\/i>\u00a0(L.) Gaertn.) in Estonia.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a083, 7 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01321-7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01321-7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data availability<\/strong><br \/>\nThe data supporting this study have been uploaded to the PlutoF platform and are publicly available under the following DOIs:<\/p>\n<p>J\u00e4rvselja forest sites:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15156\/BIO\/3301250\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15156\/BIO\/3301250<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00f5rumaa forest sites:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15156\/BIO\/3301251\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15156\/BIO\/3301251<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling editor<\/strong><br \/>\nBenoit Mar\u00e7ais<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research paper Key message This is the first study to investigate the success of inoculation\u00a0of\u00a0Alnus incana\u00a0and\u00a0A. glutinosa\u00a0with\u00a0Inonotus obliquus\u00a0(Ach. ex Pers.) Pil\u00e1t, providing new insights about the potential cultivation\u00a0of this valuable fungus\u00a0under field conditions. Results show that conks developed slowly under natural conditions.\u00a0The development of the fungus\u00a0observed in\u00a0A. glutinosa\u00a0suggests that this species may be as suitable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,109,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-type","category-non-classe","category-open-access","category-research-paper","cat-14-id","cat-1-id","cat-109-id","cat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6821"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6830,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821\/revisions\/6830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}