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Daniel Rigling

Swiss Federal Institute WSL
CH-8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland
Tel. +41 1 739 24 15
Fax +41 1 739 22 15
daniel.rigling@wsl.ch

Education

1982: Degree in Biology. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
1989: Ph.D. in Plant Pathology. University of Zurich, Switzerland
1989-1990: Postdoctoral studies, Department of Biology, Utah State University, USA
1990-1991: Postdoctoral studies, Department of Plant Pathology, Texas A&M University, USA

Research interests

My research concentrates on the biology, ecology and biological control of fungal diseases of forest trees. Special emphasis is given to chestnut blight and Armillaria root disease.
In addition, I am supervising PhD and Diploma theses.

Since 2001 I serve as an Associate Editor on the editorial board of the journal Phytopathology

Current research projects

Biological control of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica with hypoviruses

Relationship between root and butt rot incidence in Norway spruce and wind damages caused by the storm "Lothar"

Selected Publications

Prospero, S., Holdenrieder, O., Rigling, D. 2004. Comparison of the virulence of Armillaria cepistipes and Armillaria ostoyae on four Norway spruce provenances. Forest Pathology 34:1-14.
Gobbin, D., Hoegger, P. J., Heiniger, U., Rigling, D. 2003. Sequence variation and evolution of Cryphonectria hypoviruses (CHV-1) in Europe. Virus Research 97:39-46.
Hoegger, P. J., Heiniger, U., Holdenrieder, O., Rigling, D. 2003. Differential transfer and dissemination of the hypovirus and the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of a hypovirus-infected Cryphonectria parasitica strain after its introduction into a natural population. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:3767-3771.
Prospero, S., Rigling, D., Holdenrieder, O. 2003. Population structure of Armillaria species in managed Norway spruce stands in the Alps. New Phytologist 158:365-373.
Prospero, S., Holdenrieder, O., Rigling, D. 2003. Primary resource capture in two sympatric Armillaria species in managed Norway spruce forests. Mycological Research 107:329-338.
Cherubini, P., Fontana, G., Rigling, D., Dobbertin, M., Brang, P., Innes, J.L. 2002. Tree-life history prior to death: two fungal root pathogens affect tree-ring growth differently. Journal of Ecology 90, 5: 839-850.
Rigling, D. and B. I. Hillmann. 2002. Genus Hypovirus (Hypoviridae). In: C. A. Tidona and G. Darai (eds): The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, D. pp. 456-460.
Hoegger, P. J., D. Rigling, O. Holdenrieder and U. Heiniger. 2002. Cryphonectria radicalis: Rediscovery of a lost fungus. Mycologia. 94:105-115.
Dobbertin, M., A. Baltensweiler and D. Rigling. 2001. Tree mortality in a mountain pine (Pinus mugo var. uncinata) stand in the Swiss National Park impacted by root rot fungi. Forest Ecology and Management 145: 79-89.
Hoegger, P. J., D. Rigling, O. Holdenrieder and U. Heiniger. 2000. Genetic structure of newly established populations of Cryphonectria parasitica. Mycol. Res. 104:1108-1116.
Allemann C., P. Hoegger, U. Heiniger, and D. Rigling. 1999. Genetic variation of Cryphonectria hypoviruses (CHV1) in Europe, assessed using RFLP markers. Molecular Ecology 8:843-854.
Brunner I., D. Rigling, S. Egli, and P. Blaser. 1999. Response of Norway spruce seedlings in relation to chemical properties of forest soils. Forest Ecology and Management. 116: 71-81.
Rigling, D. und U. Heiniger. 1999. Der Kastanienrindenkrebs, ein Dauerproblem der Edelkastanie? Informationsblatt Forschungbereich Wald, WSL. 1:1-4. (pdf)
Hoegger P. J., C. Allemann, O. Holdenrieder, D. Rigling and U. Heiniger, 1998. Set-up of a biocontrol experiment with genetically characterized hypovirus-infected Cryphonectria parasitica strains. Pages 177-180 In: B.K. Duffy, U. Rosenberger and G. Défago (eds). Molecular Approaches in Biological Control, IOBC/wprs Bulletin no. 21(9).
Prospero S., D. Rigling, F. Giudici, and M. Jermini. 1998. Détermination des espèces d'Armillaire responsables du pourridié-agaric de la vigne au Canton du Tessin. Revue suisse Vitic. Arboric. Hortic. 30: 315-319.
Rigling, D., Blauenstein H., Walthert L., Rigling A., Kull P., Schwyzer A., and U. Heiniger. 1998. Rhizomorph producing Armillaria species in Norway spruce stands in Switzerland. In: Delatour, C., Guillaumin, J.J., Lung-Escarmant, B., Marçais, B. (eds): Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees (9th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots), INRA Editions (France), Les Colloques n^o 89: 259-265.
Cortesi P., D. Rigling, and U. Heiniger. 1998. Comparison of vegetative compatibility types in Italian and Swiss subpopulations of Cryphonectria parasitica. Eur. J. For. Path. 28:167-176.
Prospero S., M. Conedera, U. Heiniger, and D. Rigling. 1998. Sopravvivenza e sporulazione di Cryphonectria parasitica Murr. Barr. su legna di Castanea sativa Mill. depositata in bosco. Monti e Boschi. 49(3/4): 44-50.
Ahlich, K., D. Rigling, O. Holdenrieder, and T. N. Sieber. 1998. Dark septate hyphomycetes in Swiss conifer forest soils using Norway-spruce seedlings as bait. Soil Biol. Biochem. 30:1069-1075.
Bissegger M., D. Rigling, and U. Heiniger. 1997. Population structure and disease development of Cryphonectria parasitica in European chestnut forests in the presence of natural hypovirulence. Phytopathology 87:50-59.
Rigling, D. 1995. Isolation and characterization of Cryphonectria parasitica mutants that mimic a specifc effect of hypovirulence associated dsRNA on laccase activity. Can. J. Bot. 73: 1655-1661.
Kim D.H., D. Rigling, L. Zhang and N.K. Van Alfen. 1995. A new extracellular laccase of Cryphonectria parasitica is revealed by deletion of Lac1. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 8:259-266.
Heiniger U. and D. Rigling. 1994. Biological control of chestnut blight in Europe. Ann. Rev. Phytopathol. 32:581-599.

See a list of all my entries (1990-2002) in the WSL -database