To address food security, agricultural yields must increase to match the growing human
population in the near future. There is now a strong push to develop low-input and more …

Most members of the oomycete genus Phytophthora are primary plant pathogens. Both soil-
and airborne Phytophthora species are able to survive adverse environmental conditions …

An analysis of incidence of Phytophthora spp. in 732 European nurseries producing forest
transplants, larger specimen trees, landscape plants and ornamentals, plus 2525 areas in …

Globally, Phytophthora cinnamomi is listed as one of the 100 worst invasive alien species
and active management is required to reduce impact and prevent spread in both horticulture …

The effects of climate change on plant pathogens and the diseases they cause have been
examined in some pathosystems. Predicted climatic changes are expected to affect …

Incidences of oak decline have occurred repeatedly during the past three centuries as well
as in the most recent decades. On the basis of historical records and dendrochronological …

A survey was made on the occurrence of soilborne Phytophthora species in 35 oak stands
on a range of geologically different sites in Bavaria. The most widespread species were P …

Mortality events in cork and holm oaks have occurred in the Mediterranean basin since the
beginning of the XX century, but severity of decline increased during the 1980s. By that time …

Botr yosphaeria stevensii frequently has been associated with dieback and canker diseases
of oak, mainly in the western Mediterranean area but more rarely in other regions. The …

Cork oak has historically been an important species in the western Mediterranean—
ecologically as a canopy or “framework” tree in natural woodlands, and culturally as an …