Aim Spreading infectious diseases associated with introduced pathogens can have
devastating effects on native biota and human livelihoods. We analyse the global …

Brown spot needle blight disease, caused by the fungus Lecanosticta acicola, affects pine
trees across the northern hemisphere. In recent years, its incidence has expanded to new …

Abstract In November 2022 and February 2023, CAL FIRE tree health experts examined four
maples (Acer spp.) planted decades earlier in a residential setting in Elk Grove, Sacramento …

Climate change is driving the emergence of novel tree diseases at the global scale,
requiring new approaches for the formal confirmation of the pathogenicity of novel …

Not a single year goes by without European forests being invaded by new alien species of
insect herbivore or pathogenic fungi. This ever-increasing flow of alien pests (Santini et al …

Sooty bark disease is an invasive disease causing significant mortality of sycamore maple
(Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in Europe, where it is emerging due to increasing drought and …

Cryptostroma corticale is the causal agent of sooty bark disease, which was first described in
the middle of the last century and has developed in recent years to a relevant threat for Acer …

In the present study, 20 sycamore maples (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) were evaluated on eight
plots (160 trees) affected by sooty bark disease (SBD), caused by Cryptostroma corticale …

Monitoring of emerging plant diseases in the Apennine mountains (central Italy) identified
Cryptostroma corticale as the cause of the disease sooty bark of maple trees. The identified …