Kathrin Blumenstein

University of Freiburg — Germany

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(28), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions(24), Plant and fungal interactions(13), Forest Insect Ecology and Management(10), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies(8)

Publications40 total

Fungal diversity and foliar disease dynamics in urban horse chestnut trees: A transect study across southern to northern European cities
Urban forestry & urban greening·2025Open Access
First report of Paraconiothyrium brasiliense and Querciphoma minuta causing stem cankers on urban and forest trees in Germany
Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection·2025Open Access
First report of various Diplodia spp. causing stem cankers of Ulmus sp., Platanus x hispanica, Aesculus hippocastanum, Fagus sylvatica, Sorbus domestica, Carpinus betulus and Crataegus persimilis in central Europe
Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Urban soil respiration patterns: An analysis of Quercus robur vs. Quercus rubra in parks and streets of Karlsruhe, Germany
Urban forestry & urban greening·2025Open Access
How cryptic animal vectors of fungi can influence forest health in a changing climate and how to anticipate them
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology·2025Open Access
Collaborative approaches to urban tree biosecurity: Stakeholder’s perceptions, actions and social networks
Urban forestry & urban greening·2025· 2 cited
Leucoanthocyanidin Reductase 3 (<i>PaLAR3</i>) Locus in Norway Spruce (<i>Picea abies</i>) and Its Link to Resistance Against <i>Heterobasidion parviporum</i>
Forest Pathology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Seeing the Trees Without the Forest: What and How can Agroforestry and Urban Forestry Learn from Each Other?
Current Forestry Reports·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Endophytic community in juvenile Acer pseudoplatanus and pathogenicity of Cryptostroma corticale and other associated fungi under controlled conditions
Journal of Plant Pathology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Beyond the surface: exploring the mycobiome of Norway spruce under drought stress and with Heterobasidion parviporum
BMC Microbiology·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Peroxiporins in Plant-Microbial Interactions
2023· 1 cited
Beyond the surface: Exploring the mycobiome of Norway spruce under abiotic stress and with Heterobasidion parviporum
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Genetic variation of Picea abies in response to the artificial inoculation of Heterobasidion parviporum
European Journal of Forest Research·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Genetic variation of Picea abies in response to the artificial inoculation of Heterobasidion parviporum
Research Square (Research Square)·2022Open Access
Diplodia tip blight pathogen’s virulence empowered through host switch
Frontiers in Fungal Biology·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Drought Stress Described by Transcriptional Responses of Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. under Pathogen Heterobasidion parviporum Attack
Forests·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Drought Stress Described by Transcriptional Responses of &lt;em&gt;Picea Abies&lt;/em&gt; under Pathogen &lt;em&gt;Heterobasidion Parviporum&lt;/em&gt; Attack
Preprints.org·2021Open Access
Highly Clonal Structure and Abundance of One Haplotype Characterise the Diplodia sapinea Populations in Europe and Western Asia
Journal of Fungi·2021· 21 citedOpen Access
The Diplodia Tip Blight Pathogen Sphaeropsis sapinea Is the Most Common Fungus in Scots Pines’ Mycobiome, Irrespective of Health Status—A Case Study from Germany
Journal of Fungi·2021· 35 citedOpen Access
Differences in the virulence of <i>Sphaeropsis sapinea</i> strains originating from Scots pine and non‐pine hosts
Forest Pathology·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Eeva Terhonen(24), Johanna Bußkamp(14), Gitta Jutta Langer(14), Johanna Witzell(7), Blessing Durodola(7), Juan A. Martín(6), Yasin Korkmaz(5), Fred O. Asiegbu(3), Thomas N. Sieber(3), Andriy Kovalchuk(2), Benedicte Riber Albrectsen(2), Marjo Helander(2), Luis Gil(2), David Macaya‐Sanz(2), Ewald Langer(2), Risto Kasanen(2), Kalev Adamson(2), Marili Laas(2), Dārta Kļaviņa(2), Anu Kaur(2)