Fungal trunk diseases are some of the most destructive diseases of grapevine in all grape
growing areas of the world. Management of GTDs has been intensively studied for decades …

Species in the Botryosphaeriaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, and occur on a wide
range of annual and perennial hosts including grapevines. To date, morphological and …

In this paper we give an account of the genera and species in the Botryosphaeriaceae. We
consider morphological characters alone as inadequate to define genera or identify species …

Vitis vinifera is one of the most widely cultivated fruit crops with a great economic impact on
the global industry. As a plant, it is naturally colonised by a wide variety of both prokaryotic …

Decline symptoms in young vineyards have dramatically increased all over the world since
the early 1990s, when the wine industry entered a period of rapid expansion that was …

Esca disease, which attacks the wood of grapevine, has become increasingly devastating
during the past three decades and represents today a major concern in all wine-producing …

This study is unique as it compares traditional and high-resolution culture-independent
approaches using the same set of samples to study the saprotrophic fungi on Vitis vinifera …

Trunk diseases diminish vineyard longevity and productivity in nearly every raisin, table, and
wine grape production region worldwide. Fungi causing these diseases infect primarily …

Fungal species in the family Botryosphaeriaceae have been recently recognized as the most
common fungi isolated from grapevine (Vitis vinifera) cankers in California. However, the …

Perennial cankers and consequent grapevine dieback are a major problem in vineyards of
Sonora and Baja California, the most important grape-production areas of Mexico. In order …