Publications by Rimvydas Vasaitis (until 2007 published as Vasiliauskas) A. Web of Science Impact Factor publications

Publications by Rimvydas Vasaitis (until 2007 published as Vasiliauskas)
A. Web of Science Impact Factor publications

full publication list comprises 93 WoS impact factor articles, in 32 of which I am the first author, and in 30 the last (supervising) author

A1. Minkevich II, Vasiliauskas R (1992) Wound infection by decay fungi to trees of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and possibilities of its control. Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya 26:57-59.

A2. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J, Johansson M (1996) Fungi in bark peeling wounds of Picea abies in central Sweden. European Journal of Forest Pathology 26:285-296.

A3. Sunhede S, Vasiliauskas R (1996) Wood and bark inhabiting fungi on oak (Quercus robur) in Lithuania. Baltic Forestry 2:23-27.

A4. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1997) Population structure and genetic variation in Nectria fuckeliana. Canadian Journal of Botany 75:1707-1713.

A5. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1998) Influence of spatial scale on population structure of Stereum sanguinolentum in northern Europe. Mycological Research 102:93-98.

A6. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1998) Population structure and genetic variation in Cylindrobasidium evolvens. Mycological Research 102:1453-1458.

A7. Vasiliauskas R (1998) Patterns of wounding and decay in stems of Quercus robur due to bark peeling. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 13:437-441.

A8. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1998) Fungi inhabiting stems of Picea abies in a managed stand in Lithuania. Forest Ecology and Management 109:119-126.

A9. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1998) Discoloration following bark stripping wounds on Fraxinus excelsior. European Journal of Forest Pathology 28:383-390.

A10. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1998) Spread of S and P group isolates of Heterobasidion annosum within and among Picea abies trees in central Lithuania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28:961-966.

A11. Stenlid J, Vasiliauskas R (1998) Genetic diversity within and among vegetative compatibility groups of Stereum sanguinolentum determined by arbitrary primed PCR. Molecular Ecology 7:1265-1274.

A12. Vasiliauskas R (1998) Five basidiomycetes in living stems of Picea abies, associated with 7-25 year-old wounds. Baltic Forestry 4:29-35.

A13. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1998) Spread of Stereum sanguinolentum vegetative compatibility groups within a stand and within stems of Picea abies. Silva Fennica 32:301-309.

A14. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J, Thomsen IM (1998) Clonality and genetic variation in Amylostereum areolatum and A. chailletii from northern Europe. New Phytologist 139:751-758.

A15. Vasiliauskas R (1999) Spread of Amylostereum areolatum and A. chailletii decay in living stems of Picea abies. Forestry (Oxford) 72:95-102.

A16. Vasiliauskas R, Johannesson H, Stenlid J (1999) Molecular relationships within the genus Amylostereum as determined by internal transcribed spacer sequences of the ribosomal DNA. Mycotaxon 71:155-161.

A17. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (1999) Vegetative compatibility groups of Amylostereum areolatum and A. chailletii from Sweden and Lithuania. Mycological Research 103:824-829.

A18. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (2001) Homothallism in the postfire ascomycete Rhizina undulata. Mycologia 93:447-452.

A19. Vasiliauskas R, (2001) Damage to trees due to forestry operations and its pathological significance in temperate forests. Forestry (Oxford) 74:319-336.

A20. Johannesson H, Vasiliauskas R, Dahlberg A, Penttilä R, Stenlid J (2001) Genetic differentiation in Eurasian populations of the postfire ascomycete Daldinia loculata. Molecular Ecology 10:1665-1677.

A21. Vasiliauskas R, Juška E, Stenlid J, Vasiliauskas A (2001) Clonal differences and relations between diameter growth, stem cracks and fungi in 36-year-old clonal seed orchard of Norway spruce (Picea abies). Silvae Genetica 50:227-233.

A22. Vasiliauskas R, Juška E, Vasiliauskas A, Stenlid J (2002) Community of Aphyllophorales and root rot in stumps of Picea abies on clear-felled forest sites in Lithuania. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 17:398-407.

A23. Lygis V, Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (2004) Planting Betula pendula on pine sites infested by Heterobasidion annosum: disease transfer, silvicultural evaluation, and community of wood-inhabiting fungi. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34:120-130.

A24. Vasiliauskas R, Vasiliauskas A, Stenlid J, Matelis A (2004) Dead trees and threatened polypores in unmanaged north-temperate forest stands of Lithuania. Forest Ecology and Management 193:355-370.

A25. Menkis A, Allmer J, Vasiliauskas R, Lygis V, Stenlid J, Finlay R (2004) Ecology and molecular characterization of dark septate fungi from roots, living stems, coarse and fine woody debris. Mycological Research 108:965-973.

A26. Vasiliauskas R, Lygis V, Thor M, Stenlid J (2004) Impact of biological (Rotstop) and chemical (urea) treatments on fungal community structure in freshly cut Picea abies stumps. Biological Control 31:405-413.

A27. Lygis V, Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J, Vasiliauskas A (2004) Silvicultural and pathological evaluation of Scots pine afforestations mixed with trees to reduce the infections by Heterobasidion annosum s.s. Forest Ecology and Management 201:275-285.

A28. Vasiliauskas R, Larsson E, Larsson K-H, Stenlid J (2005) Persistence and long-term impact of Rotstop biological control agent on mycodiversity in Picea abies stumps. Biological Control 32:295-304.

A29. Vasiliauskas R, Lygis V, Larsson K-H, Stenlid J (2005) Airborne fungal colonisation of coarse woody debris in north-temperate Picea abies forest: impact of season and local spatial scale. Mycological Research 109:487-496.

A30. Menkis A, Vasiliauskas R, Taylor AFS, Stenlid J, Finlay R (2005) Fungal communities in mycorrhizal roots of conifer seedlings in forest nurseries under different cultivation systems, assessed by morphotyping, direct sequencing and mycelial isolation. Mycorrhiza 16:33-41.

A31. Lygis V, Vasiliauskas R, Larsson KH, Stenlid J (2005) Wood-inhabiting fungi in stems of Fraxinus excelsior in declining ash stands of northern Lithuania, with particular reference to Armillaria cepistipes. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 20:337-346.

A32. Lygis V, Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (2005) Clonality in postfire root rot ascomycete Rhizina undulata. Mycologia 97:788-792.

A33. Juodvalkis A, Kairiukstis L, Vasiliauskas R (2005) Effects of thinning on growth of six tree species in north-temperate forests of Lithuania. European Journal of Forest Research 124:187-192.

A34. Allmer J, Vasiliauskas R, Ihrmark K, Stenlid J, Dahlberg A (2006) Wood-inhabiting fungal communities in woody debris of Norway spruce (Picea abies), as reflected by sporocarps, mycelial isolations and T-RFLP identification. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 55:57-67.

A35. Menkis A, Vasiliauskas R, Taylor AFS, Stenstrom E, Stenlid J, Finlay R (2006) Fungi in decayed roots of conifer seedlings in forest nurseries, afforested clear-cuts and abandoned farmland. Plant Pathology 55:117-129.

A36. Broberg A, Menkis A, Vasiliauskas R (2006) Kutznerides 1 – 4, depsipeptides from the actinomycete Kutzneria sp. 744 inhabiting mycorrhizal roots of Picea abies. Journal of Natural Products 69:97-102.

A37. Franzen I, Slippers B, Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (2006) Development of microsatellite markers for the wood-decay fungus Phlebia centrifuga. Molecular Ecology Notes 6:870-872.

A38. Vasiliauskas R, Menkis A, Finlay RD, Stenlid J (2007) Wood-decay fungi in fine living roots of conifer seedlings. New Phytologist 174:441-446.

A39. Menkis A, Vasiliauskas R, Taylor AFS, Stenlid J, Finlay R (2007) Afforestation of abandoned farmland with conifer seedlings inoculated with three ectomycorrhizal fungi – impact on plant performance and ectomycorrhizal community. Mycorrhiza 17:337-348.

A40. Franzen I, Vasaitis R, Penttila R, Stenlid J (2007) Population genetics of the wood decay fungus Phlebia centrifuga P.Karst. in fragmented and continuous habitats. Molecular Ecology 16:3326-3333.

A41. Vartiamaki H, Uotila A, Vasaitis R, Hantula J (2008) Genetic diversity in North European populations of Chondrostereum purpureum, - a potential herbicide biocontrol agent. Forest Pathology 38:381-393.

A42. Nest MA van der, Slippers B, Stenlid J, Wilken PM, Vasaitis R, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2008) Characterization of the systems governing sexual and self-recognition in the white rot homobasidiomycete Amylostereum areolatum. Current Genetics 53:323-336.

A43. Vasaitis R, Stenlid J, Thomsen IM, Barklund P, Dahlberg A (2008) Stump removal to control root rot in forest stands. Silva Fennica 42:457-483.

A44. Samils N, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J (2009) Impact of the biological control agent Phlebiopsis gigantea on its resident genetic structure in the Baltic Sea area. Biocontrol Science & Technology 19:263-276.

A45. Bakys R, Vasaitis R, Barklund P, Thomsen IM, Stenlid J (2009) Occurrence and pathogenicity of fungi in necrotic and non-symptomatic shoots of declining common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in Sweden. European Journal of Forest Research 128:51-60.

A46. Bakys R, Vasaitis R, Barklund P, Ihrmark K, Stenlid J (2009) Investigations concerning the role of Chalara fraxinea in declining Fraxinus excelsior. Plant Pathology 58:284-292.

A47. Vasaitis R, Menkis A, Lim YW, Seok S, Tomsovsky M, Jankovsky L, Lygis V, Slippers B, Stenlid J (2009) Genetic variation and relationships in Laetiporus sulphureus sensu lato, as determined by ITS rDNA sequences and in vitro growth rate. Mycological Research 113:326-336.

A48. Parrent JL, James TY, Vasaitis R, Taylor AFS (2009) Evolutionary history of glycoside hydrolase family 32 genes encoding for sucrolytic activity and the implication for fungal symbiosis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:148.

A49. Persson Y, Vasaitis R, Langström B, Ohrn P, Ihrmark K, Stenlid J (2009) Fungi vectored by the bark beetle Ips typographus following hibernation under the bark of standing trees, and in the forest litter. Microbial Ecology 58:651-659.

A50. Johansson SBK, Vasaitis R, Ihrmark K, Barklund P, Stenlid J (2010) Detection of Chalara fraxinea from tissue of Fraxinus excelsior using species-specific ITS primers. Forest Pathology 40:111-115.

A51. Lygis V, Vasiliauskaite I, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2010) Impact of forest fire on persistence of Heterobasidion annosum s.s. root rot, and on diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in roots of Pinus mugo. Forestry (Oxford) 83:83-92.

A52. Tomsovsky M, Menkis A, Vasaitis R (2010) Phylogenetic relationships in European Ceriporiopsis species inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Fungal Biology 114:350-358.

A53. Menkis A, Uotila A, Arhipova N, Vasaitis R (2010) Effects of stump and slash removal on growth and mycorrhization of Picea abies seedlings outplanted on a forest clear-cut. Mycorrhiza 20: 505-509.

A54. Menkis A, Vasaitis R (2011) Fungi in roots of nursery grown Pinus sylvestris: ectomycorrhizal colonization, genetic diversity and spatial distribution. Microbial Ecology 61:52-63.

A55. Bakys R, Vasiliauskas A, Ihrmark K, Stenlid J, Menkis A, Vasaitis R (2011) Root rot, associated fungi and their impact on health condition of declining Fraxinus excelsior stands in Lithuania. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 26:128-135.

A56. Arhipova N, Gaitnieks T, Donis J, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2011) Decay, yield loss and associated fungi in stands of grey alder (Alnus incana) in Latvia. Forestry (Oxford) 84:337-348.

A57. Menkis A, Lygis V, Bakys R, Vasaitis R (2011) Mycorrhization, establishment and growth of outplanted Picea abies seedlings produced under different cultivation systems. Silva Fennica 45:283-289.

A58. Lindner DL, Vasaitis R, Kubartova A, Allmer J, Johannesson H, Banik MT, Stenlid J (2011) Initial fungal colonizer affects mass loss and fungal community development in Picea abies logs 6 years after inoculation. Fungal Ecology 4:449-460.

A59. Arhipova N, Gaitnieks T, Donis J, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2011) Butt rot incidence, causal fungi and related yield loss in Picea abies stands of Latvia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41:2337-2345.

A60. Bengtsson SBK, Vasaitis R, Kirisits T, Solheim H, Stenlid J (2012) Population structure of Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus and its genetic relationship to Hymenoscyphus albidus. Fungal Ecology 5:147-153.

A61. Vasaitis R, Lygis V, Vasiliauskaite I, Vasiliauskas A (2012) Wound occlusion and decay in Picea abies stems. European Journal of Forest Research 131:1211-1216.

A62. Arhipova N, Gaitnieks T, Donis J, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2012) Heart-rot and associated fungi in Alnus glutinosa stands in Latvia. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 27:327-336.

A63. Vasaitis R, Bakys R, Vasiliauskas A (2012) Discoloration and associated fungi in stems of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) following logging damage. Forest Pathology 42:387-392.

A64. Menkis A, Burokiene D, Gaitnieks T, Uotila A, Johannesson H, Rosling A, Finlay R, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2012) Occurrence and impact of the root-rot biocontrol agent Phlebiopsis gigantea on soil fungal communities in Picea abies forests of northern Europe. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 81:438-445.

A65. Menkis A, Lygis V, Bakys R, Vasaitis R (2012) Establishment of ectomycorrhiza-inoculated Pinus sylvestris seedlings on coastal dunes following a forest fire. Baltic Forestry 18:33-40.

A66. Cleary MR, Arhipova N, Morrison DJ, Thomsen IM, Sturrock RN, Vasaitis R, Gaitnieks T, Stenlid J (2012) Stump removal to control root disease in Canada and Scandinavia: a synthesis of results from long-term trials. Forest Ecology and Management 290:5-14.

A67. Boissin E, Hurley B, Wingfield M, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J, Davis C, de Groot P, Ahumeda R, Carnegie A, Goldarazena A, Klasmer P, Wermelinger B, Slippers B (2012) Retracing the routes of introduction of invasive species: the case of the Sirex noctilio woodwasp. Molecular Ecology 21:5728-5744.

A68. Nest M van der, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R, Slippers B (2012) Genetics of Amylostereum species associated with Siricidae woodwasps. In: The Sirex Woodwasp and its Fungal Symbiont: Research and Management of a Worldwide Invasive Pest (Eds. B. Slippers, P. de Groot & M.J. Wingfield). Springer, Dordrecht, pp 81-94.

A69. Vasaitis R (2013) Heart-rots, sap-rots and canker-rots. In: Infectious Forest Diseases (Eds. P. Gonthier & G. Nicolotti). CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 197-229.

A70. Cleary MR, Arhipova N, Gaitnieks T, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2013) Natural infection of Fraxinus excelsior seeds by Chalara fraxinea. Forest Pathology 43:83-85.

A71. Bakys R, Vasaitis R, Skovsgaard JP (2013) Patterns and severity of crown dieback in young even-aged stands of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in relation to stand density, bud flushing phenotype and season. Plant Protection Science 49:120-126.

A72. Nord CL, Menkis A, Vasaitis R, Broberg A (2013) Protoilludan sesquiterpenes from wood-decay fungus Granulobasidium vellereum (Ellis & Cragin) Jülich. Phytochemistry 90:128-134.

A73. Lygis V, Bakys R, Gustiene A, Burokiene D, Matelis A, Vasaitis R (2013) Forest self-regeneration following clear-felling of dieback-affected Fraxinus excelsior: focus on ash. European Journal of Forest Research 133:501-510.

A74. Davydenko K, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J, Menkis A (2013) Fungi in foliage and shoots of Fraxinus excelsior in eastern Ukraine: a first report on Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus. Forest Pathology 43:462-467.

A75. Menkis A, Ihrmark K, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2014) Root-associated fungi of Rosa rugosa grown on the frontal dunes of the Baltic Sea coast in Lithuania. Microbial Ecology 67:769-774.

A76. Nord CL, Menkis A, Lendel C, Vasaitis R, Broberg A (2014) Sesquiterpenes from the saprotrophic fungus Granulobasidium vellereum (Ellis & Cragin) Jülich. Phytochemistry 102:197-204.

A77. Lygis V, Vasiliauskaite I, Matelis A, Pliura A, Vasaitis R (2014) Fungi in living and dead stems, and stumps of Pinus mugo on coastal dunes of Baltic Sea. Plant Protection Science 50:221-226.

A78. Davydenko K, Menkis A, Meshkova VL, Vasaitis R (2014) Fungi associated with the red-haired pine bark beetle (Hylurgus ligniperda) in the forest-steppe zone in eastern Ukraine. European Journal of Entomology 111:561-565.

A79. Zaluma A, Arhipova N, Gaitnieks T, Vasaitis R (2015) Resistance of functional sapwood of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies to spread of Heterobasidion annosum s.s. and H. parviporum. Forest Pathology 45:437-439.

A80. Arhipova N, Jansons A, Zaluma A, Gaitnieks T, Vasaitis R (2015) Bark stripping of Pinus contorta caused by moose and deer: wounding patterns, discoloration of wood, and associated fungi. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45:1434-1438.

A81. Menkis A, Östbrant IL, Wågström K, Vasaitis R (2016) Dutch elm disease on the island of Gotland: monitoring disease vector and combat measures. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 31:237-241.

A82. Klavina D, Menkis A, Gaitnieks T, Pennanen T, Lazdins A, Velmala S, Vasaitis R (2016) Impact of stump removal on mycorrhizal colonisation and growth of Picea abies ouplanted on clear-cuts of three forest types in Latvia. Baltic Forestry 22:16-24.

A83. Kubart A, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J, Dahlberg A (2016) Fungal communities in Norway spruce stumps along a latitudinal gradient in Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 371:50-58.

A84. Gaitnieks T, Klavina D, Muiznieks I, Pennanen T, Velmala SM, Vasaitis R, Menkis A (2016) Impact of Heterobasidion root-rot on fine root morphology and associated fungi in Picea abies stands on peat soils. Mycorrhiza 26:465-473.

A85. Cleary M, Nguyen D, Marciulyniene D, Berlin A, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J (2016) Friend or foe? Biological and ecological traits of the European ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in its native environment. Scientific Reports (Nature) 6:21895.

A86. Vasaitis R, Arhipova N, Uotila A, Dahlberg A, Kasanen R (2016) Cut tree stumps constitute low quality substrate for sustaining biodiversity in communities of wood-inhabiting fungi. Baltic Forestry 22:239-245.

A87. Menkis A, Östbrant IL, Wågström K, Vasaitis R (2016) Scolytus multistriatus associated with Dutch elm disease on island of Gotland: phenology and communities of vectored fungi. Mycological Progress 15:55.

A88. Davydenko K, Vasaitis R, Menkis A (2017) Fungal communities associated with Ips acuminatus in Ukraine with special emphasis on pathogenicity of ophiostomatoid species. European Journal of Entomology 114:77-85.

A89. Power MWP, Hopkins AJM, Chen J, Bengtsson SBK, Vasaitis R, Cleary MR (2017) European Fraxinus species introduced into New Zealand retain many of their native endophytic fungi. Baltic Forestry 23:74-81.

A90. Östbrant I-L, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J, Pliūra A, Menkis A (2017) Natura 2000 Habitats dominated by ash and elm, invaded by alien invasive fungi on the Gotland island of Sweden: an overview. Baltic Forestry 23:264-269.

A91. Menkis A, Vasaitis R, Östbrant I-L, Pliūra A, Stenlid J (2017) Tests with wood-decay fungi to control sprouting from cut stumps infected by Dutch Elm Disease. Baltic Forestry 23:270-273.

A92. Selikhovkin AV, Popovichev BG, Mandelshtam MY, Vasaitis R, Musolin DL (2017) The frontline of invasion: the current northern limit of the invasive range of Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleopter: Buprestidae), in European Russia. Baltic Forestry 23:309-315.

A93. Smith GR, Finlay R, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R, Menkis A (2017) Growing evidence for facultative biotrophy in saprotrophic fungi: data from microcosm tests with 201 species of wood-decay Basidiomycetes. New Phytologist doi: 10.1111/nph.14551.
B. Editor
B1. Vasaitis R, Enderle R (editors) (2017) Dieback of European Ash (Fraxinus spp.) - Consequences and Guidelines for Sustainable Management. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 320 pp.

http://www.slu.se/globalassets/ew/org/inst/mykopat/forskning/stenlid/dieback-of-european-ash.pdf

B2. Enderle R, Pliūra A, Vasaitis R (editors) (2017) Advances in Ash Dieback Research, and Some other Invasive Diseases of Trees. Special Issue of Baltic Forestry, Vol. 23(1):1-333.

https://www.slu.se/globalassets/ew/org/inst/mykopat/forskning/stenlid/advances-in-ash-dieback-research.pdf

https://www.balticforestry.mi.lt/bf/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=14&id=482
C. Other relevant publications (selected book chapters, edited proceedings, international journals)
C1. Vasiliauskas R (1994) Spread of decay fungi from stem wounds into roots of Norway spruce. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots (Eds. M. Johansson & J. Stenlid). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, pp. 213-217.

C2. Vasiliauskas R (1994) Damages to stand, resulting from shelterwood and selective cuttings. In: Soil, Tree, Machine Interactions (Eds. P.F.J. Abeels, D. Mathies & I.Wästerlund). Economic Commission for Europe, FAO, ILO, IUFRO, Joint Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, Feldafing, Germany. 6 pp.

C3. Vasiliauskas R (1998) Ecology of fungi colonizing wounds of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.), with special emphasis on Stereum sanguinolentum (Alb. & Schw.: Fr.) Fr. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, Silvestria 79, 59 pp.

C4. Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J (2000) [Biology and structure of fungal populations that colonise wounds of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.).] In: Gribnye Soobschestva Lesnykh Ekosistem (Fungal Communities in Forest Ecosystems) (Eds. V.G. Storozhenko, V.I. Krutov & N.N. Selochnik). Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow - Petrozavodsk. pp. 76-133. [in Russian with English summary.]

C5. Sunhede S, Vasiliauskas R (2002) Ecology and decay pattern of Phellinus robustus in old-growth Quercus robur. Karstenia (Helsinki) 42:1-11.

C6. Lygis V, Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J, Vasiliauskas A (2003) Preliminary evaluation of Scots pine plantations, “resistant” to Heterobasidion annosum (Bref.) Fr. In: Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees. Proceedings of 10^th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots (Eds. G. Laflamme, J.A. Berube & G. Bussieres). Natural Resources Canada, Quebec, pp. 362-365.

C7. Vasiliauskas R, Sunhede S, Stenlid J (2003) Distribution, status and biology of oak polypores in Baltic Sea region. In: Forest Health Problems in Older Forest Stands. Proceedings of the Nordic/Baltic Forest Pathology Meeting, Denmark, September 2002 (Ed. I.M. Thomsen). Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, Horsholm, pp. 61-66.

C8. Sunhede S, Vasiliauskas R (2003) Några sällsynta och hotade tickor på ek i Litauen (Threatened polypores on oak in Lithuania). Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 97: 252-265. [in Swedish with English summary.]

C9. Sunhede S, Vasiliauskas R (2003) Ecology and decay pattern of Inocutis dryophila in Quercus robur. Karstenia (Helsinki) 43:45-53.

C10. Vasiliauskas R (2005) Fomitopsis pinicola (Swartz: Fr.) Karst. In: Forestry Compendium (Ed. G.W. Fyson). CAB International, Wallingford.

C11. Slippers B, Vasiliauskas R, Hurley B, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ (2006) A collaborative project to better understand Siricid – fungal symbioses. In: Forest Pathology Research in the Nordic and Baltic Countries 2005. (Eds. H. Solheim & A.M. Hietala). Skogforsk, Ås, Norway, pp. 59-62.

C12. Vasiliauskas R, Bakys R, Lygis V, Barklund P, Ihrmark K, Stenlid J (2006) Fungi associated with crown dieback of Fraxinus excelsior. In: Possible Limitation of Dieback Phenomena in Broadleaved Stands (Eds. T. Oszako & S. Woodward). Forest Research Institute, Warsaw, pp. 45-53.

C13. Vasiliauskas R, Menkis A, Stenlid J, Finlay R (2007) Fungi associated with root decay of conifer seedlings in forest nurseries and afforested sites. In: Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries. (Eds. J.R. Sutherland & Z. Prochazkova). Communicationes Instituti Forestalis Bohemicae 23:160-165.

C14. Stenlid J, Santini A, Vannini A, Capretti P, Vasiliauskas R (2007) FORTHREATS: European network on emerging diseases and invasive species threats to European forest ecosystems. In: Alien Invasive Species and International Trade. IUFRO Unit 7.03.12 Monograph (Eds. H. Evans & T. Oszako). Forest Research Institute, Warsaw, pp. 72-79.

C15. Gaitnieks T, Arhipova N, Donis J, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2008) Butt and root rot, and related losses in Latvian Picea abies stands. In: Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees, Berkeley, California – Medford, Oregon, 12-19^th of August 2008 (Eds. M. Garbelotto & P. Gonthier). The University of California, Berkeley, pp.177-179.

C16. Arhipova N, Thomsen IM, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2012) Stump removal trials to control root-rot in Picea abies stands in Scandinavia. In: Proceedings of the 13^th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees, Italy, 4-10^th of September 2012 (Eds. P. Capretti, C. Comparini, M. Garbelotto, N. La Porta & A. Santini). Firenze University Press, Florence, pp. 102-102.

C17. Nitisa D, Gaitnieks T, Stivrina B, Donis J, Korhonen K, Vasaitis R (2012) Dynamic of Heterobasidion sporocarp formation on coarse woody debris retained on harvested Picea abies sites. Proceedings of the 13^th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees, Italy, 4-10^th of September 2012 (Eds. P. Capretti, C. Comparini, M. Garbelotto, N. La Porta & A. Santini). Firenze University Press, Florence, pp. 107-108.

C18. Vasaitis R, Vasiliauskaite I, Lygis V (2012) Closure of Picea abies stem wounds: practical implications. In: Proceedings of the 13^th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees, Italy, 4-10^th of September 2012 (Eds. P. Capretti, C. Comparini, M. Garbelotto, N. La Porta & A. Santini). Firenze University Press, Florence, pp. 109-109.

C19. Zaluma A, Arhipova N, Sisenis L, Jansons A, Baumanis I, Gaitnieks T, Vasaitis R (2012) Resistance of Pinus contorta and Pinus sylvestris to Heterobasidion annosum. In: Proceedings of the 13^th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees, Italy, 4-10^th of September 2012 (Eds. P. Capretti, C. Comparini, M. Garbelotto, N. La Porta & A. Santini). Firenze University Press, Florence, pp. 110-110.

C20. Vasaitis R, Arhipova N, Stenlid J (2012) Impact of stump removal on root rot incidence and diameter growth in Picea abies: aspects of root rot and fungal diversity. In: Proceedings of the 59^th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, October 10-14^th 2011, Leawenworth, Washington (Eds. S. Zeglen, P. Palacios & J.E. Quinney). WIFDWC, Utah State University, pp. 35-36.

C21. Thomsen IM, Vasaitis R (2012) Stump removal to control root rot of Picea abies in Denmark. In: Proceedings of the 59^th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, October 10-14^th 2011, Leawenworth, Washington (Eds. S. Zeglen, P. Palacios & J.E. Quinney). WIFDWC, Utah State University, pp. 37-38.

C22. Vasaitis R (2012) Dieback of Fraxinus spp. in Europe: history and current situation. In: Proceedings of the 59^th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, October 10-14^th 2011, Leawenworth, Washington (Eds. S. Zeglen, P. Palacios & J.E. Quinney). WIFDWC, Utah State University, pp. 91-93.

C23. Vasaitis R (2012) Current Research on Dieback of Fraxinus excelsior in Northern Europe. In: Proceedings of the Third Meeting of Forest Protection and Forest Phytosanitary Experts, October 14-16, 2009, Vienna, Austria (Eds. G. Steyrer, C. Tomiczek, G. Hoch, & C. Lackner). Federal Research Centre for Forests, Forstschutz Aktuell (55), pp. 66-69.

C24. Östbrant IL, Wågström K, Menkis A, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R (2013) Epidemiology and combat of Dutch elm disease in Gotland Island of Sweden. In: The Elms After 100 Years of Dutch Elm Disease. Proceedings of the 3^rd International Elm Conference, Florence, 9-11^th of October 2013 (Ed. R. Manzo). CNR-IPP Institute of Plant Protection, Florence, pp. 21-22.

C25. Cleary M, Nguyen D, Marciulyniene D, Berlin A, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J (2015) Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus mandshurica in Far East Russia: genetic diversity, associated fungal community and evidence of endophytic lifestage. In: Joint IUFRO Working Party Meetings 7.02.02 (Foliage, shoot and stem diseases) & 7.03.04 (Diseases and insects in forest nurseries), 7-12^th of June, 2015, Uppsala (Eds. J.Oliva & A.Menkis). Swedish University Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, p. 33.

C26. Menkis A, Östbrant IL, Wågström K, Vasaitis R (2015) Dutch elm disease in Baltic sea island of Gotland. In: Joint IUFRO Working Party Meetings 7.02.02 (Foliage, shoot and stem diseases) & 7.03.04 (Diseases and insects in forest nurseries), 7-12^th of June, 2015, Uppsala (Eds. J. Oliva & A. Menkis). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, p. 49.

C27. Selikhovkin AV, Markowskaja S, Vasaitis R, Musolin DL (201X) New dendropathogenic fungus Fusarium circinatum is spreading around the world on wings of insects. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj Lesotehniceskoj Akademii, Issue 22*, pp. ***–*** (in Russian with English summary). DOI: I: ****