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 …

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 …

Genetic diversity was investigated among California populations of Botryosphaeria
dothidea, causal agent of Botryosphaeria panicle and shoot blight of pistachio, with random …

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 pathogen grew best in vitro at 29 deg C under fluorescent light and produced mature
pycnidia after 12 days. Apple stem and fruit isolates did not differ in growth and development …

Infection of blueberry stems by Botryosphaeria dothidea resulted from both wounded and
nonwounded inoculation. Mode of penetration and stage of plant development influenced …

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

Branch dieback in the southern California chaparral was reported in 1985, the first year of a
5 yr drought. The pathogen was identified as a Dothiorella-like anamorph of Botryosphaeria …

Out of 79 field-collected isolates of Botryosphaeria dothidea, causal agent of panicle and
shoot blight of California pistachio, 1 had low resistance to the dicarboximide fungicide …

Botryosphaeria panicle and shoot blight was considered as one of the single greatest
threats to the California pistachio industry in the last two decades. A large number of fungi …