Botryosphaeriaceae-related diseases occur worldwide in a wide variety of plant hosts. The
number of studies targeting the distribution, diversity, ecology, and pathogenicity of …

Forest health worldwide is impacted by many invasive alien pathogens and pests (IAPPs)
that cause significant harm, with severe economic losses and environmental alterations …

While the environment is considered the primary origin of the plant microbiome, the potential
role of seeds as a source of transmitting microorganisms has not received much attention …

Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil-borne plant pathogen of global significance, threatening
many forest tree species around the world. In contrast to other well-known tree pathogens, P …

In forests, trees such as oaks (Quercus spp.) fulfill key ecological functions, including nutrient
and water cycling. In the last decades, climate change and its related environmental …

Mollisia is a taxonomically neglected discomycete genus (Helotiales, Leotiomycetes) of
commonly encountered saprotrophs on decaying plant tissues throughout temperate …

Many fungi belonging to Botryosphaeriaceae are well-known as causal agents of diseases
in economically and ecologically important agricultural crops and forest trees. In Italy, the …

Natural, semi-natural, and extensively managed oak woodlands and forests are prevalent
across the world. These lands fulfil a range of ecosystem services, goods, and functions …

Environmental changes are occurring on a global scale, but their effects are most
pronounced in climate change hotspot zones, such as the Mediterranean basin. Within this …

Climate changes influencing forest ecosystems include increased air temperatures and CO2
concentrations as well as droughts and decreased water availability. These changes in turn …