Xylem vascular wilt pathogens cause devastating diseases in plants. Proliferation of these
pathogens in the xylem causes massive disruption of water and mineral transport, resulting …

Fomitiporia mediterranea M. Fisch.(Fmed) is a basidiomycete first described in 2002, and
was considered up to then as part of Fomitiporia punctata (P. Karst) Murrill. This fungus can …

Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem‐limited plant pathogen infecting many crops globally and is the
cause of the recent olive disease epidemic in Italy. One strategy proposed to mitigate losses …

Hydraulic failure has been extensively studied during drought-induced plant dieback, but its
role in plant-pathogen interactions is under debate. During esca, a grapevine (Vitis vinifera) …

Xylem anatomy may change in response to environmental or biotic stresses. Vascular
occlusion, an anatomical modification of mature xylem, contributes to plant resistance and …

A key determinant of plant resistance to vascular infections lies in the ability of the host to
successfully compartmentalize invaders at the xylem level. Growing evidence supports that …

Plants are able to naturally graft or inosculate their trunks, branches and roots together, this
mechanism is used by humans to graft together different genotypes for a range of purposes …

The maintenance of an intact water column in the xylem lumen several meters above the
ground is essential for woody plant viability. In fact, abiotic and biotic factors can lead to the …

Featured Application This work provides a reference support to further test the hypothesis
that Vitis vinifera cultivars with wide xylem vessels may be more susceptible to esca disease …

In a vineyard, grapevines are simultaneously exposed to combinations of several abiotic
(drought, extreme temperatures, salinity) and biotic stresses (phytoplasmas, viruses …