The unanticipated international food price spike of 2008 has raised concerns about global
food security. Might food systems lastingly fail to supply, trade, and distribute food? Might …

The holobiont concept has revolutionized our understanding of plant-associated
microbiomes and their significance for the development, fitness, growth and resilience of …

Infection by the fungus Verticillium dahliae (Vd) and the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf)
threatens the production of olives (Olea europaea L.) and almonds (Prunus dulcis Mill.) …

Branch and trunk canker diseases have become prevalent on nut crops in Iran. During 2015
to 2018, extensive field surveys were conducted on 58 almond, 43 pistachio and 80 walnut …

Almond canker diseases are destructive and can reduce the yield as well as the lifespan of
almond orchards. These diseases may affect the trunk and branches of both young and …

English walnut (Juglans regia) has become an important crop in Chile, representing 11.5%
of the total area of fruit trees, surpassed only by grapevine. As the Chilean walnut industry …

English walnut (Juglans regia L.) is considered an economically important fruit crop
worldwide. In Spain, little attention has been given to walnut diseases owing to the minor …

Extensive collar rot, sunken and bleeding cankers, shoot blight, and fruit rot symptoms on
olive trees have recently been observed in several orchards in Italy. Since there is little …

Ficus benghalensis L (banyan tree) has been planted as ornamental tree in parks,
landscapes as well as along roads and streets in many southern cities of Iran. During field …

Abstract English walnut (Juglans regia) is an important nut crop worldwide and is currently
considered emerging in Italy. Botryosphaeriaceae fungi cause symptoms including cankers …