Vitis vinifera, known as the common grape vine, represents one of the most important fruit
crops in the world. Romania is a wine-producing country with a rich and long tradition in …

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 …

The Botryosphaeriaceae comprises endophytes, saprobes and plant pathogens. Recently,
some taxa in Botryosphaeriaceae have undergone nomenclatural changes. This paper …

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are caused by cryptic complexes of fungal pathogens and
have become a growing problem for new grapevine (Vitis vinifera) plantations. We studied …

In the last few years, trunk surgery has gained increasing attention as a method to reduce
foliar symptoms typical of some of the Esca complex diseases. The technique relies on the …

Biological control of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, a pathogen involved in Esca, a
grapevine trunk wood disease, was performed using the oomycete, Pythium oligandrum …

In this study, 31 almond orchards with trees showing severe decline symptoms were
surveyed from 2009 to 2014 on the island of Mallorca (Spain). In all, 45 Botryosphaeriaceae …

The family Botryosphaeriaceae is one of the most widespread and cosmopolitan endophytic
group of fungi. Every year, species of this family cause severe damages on table and wine …

Apple trees (Malus domestica L. Borkh.) with extensive, unknown tree fruit decline symptoms
were seen in commercial orchards over the past 5 years in Ontario, Canada. Trees exhibited …

Abstract Re-emergence of Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTDs) in many world vineyards
within the span of a mere two decades has become a subject of major concern for the …