The ability of the pine-top weevil to carry spores and infect Scots pine with Endocronartium pini.

The pine-top weevil Pissodes piniphilus is known to be often associated with trees infected with resin-top disease. In this paper, the ability of the weevil to carry Endocronartium pini spores in laboratory conditions and its ability to infect pines in the field were studied. The weevil may carry spores and cause infection in healthy pines.