ABSTRACT A study was conducted in four commercial pistachio orchards to monitor the
presence and pattern of external contamination and latent infections of buds by …

Experiments were conducted between 1999 and 2001 to monitor the presence of
propagules of Botryosphaeria dothidea and frequencies of latent infections on pistachio …

A panicle and shoot blight disease caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea is reported for the
first time on pistachio in California. The disease was prevalent in northern counties (Butte …

Botryosphaeria panicle and shoot blight of pistachio, caused by the ascomycete
Botryosphaeria dothidea, was first reported in California in 1984 in several orchards in Butte …

Eighty-six isolates of Botryosphaeria dothidea, the causal agent of Botryosphaeria panicle
and shoot blight of pistachio, were collected from pistachio and other plant hosts in …

To design a disease-control management approach, release of pycnidiospores of
Botryosphaeria dothidea from infected pistachio was studied in both laboratory and field. In …

The optimum temperatures for growth of Botryosphaeria dothidea, the cause of
Botryosphaeria panicle and shoot blight of pistachio, were 27–30 C on potato-dextrose agar …

The effects of water potential (Ψ) on spore germination, germ tube elongation, mycelial
growth of Botryosphaeria dothidea, and development of Botryosphaeria blight of pistachio …

In the summers of 2000 and 2001, shoot blight was observed in pistachios (Pistacia vera L.)
grown in Kern County, California. Black, necrotic lesions developed at the base of shoots …

Panicle and shoot blight of pistachio caused by species of Botryosphaeriaceae fungi
remains one of the major diseases of pistachio in California, with the highest potential for …