Grapevine trunk diseases (GTD) are currently one of the most devastating and challenging
diseases in viticulture, leading to considerable yield losses and a remarkable decline in …

This article is the 13th contribution in the Fungal Diversity Notes series, wherein 125 taxa
from four phyla, ten classes, 31 orders, 69 families, 92 genera and three genera incertae …

Grapevine is regarded as a highly profitable culture, being well spread worldwide and
mostly directed to the wine-producing industry. Practices to maintain the vineyard in healthy …

The classification of subclass Xylariomycetidae is revisited with additional collections and
phylogeny based on novel rDNA sequence data. Phylogenetic inferences are provided and …

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 …

Trunk diseases diminish vineyard longevity and productivity in nearly every raisin, table, and
wine grape production region worldwide. Fungi causing these diseases infect primarily …

Eutypa lata is the most common diatrypaceous fungus in grapevine cankers. This study was
undertaken to determine the presence and diversity of other members of the Diatrypaceae in …

The Diatrypaceae occur worldwide and comprise a number of pathogens of woody crops,
forest and ornamental tree species. Despite the taxonomic difficulties within this family …

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 …

Eutypa lata is a vascular pathogen of woody plants. In the present study we (i) determined
which component (s) of the cell wall polymers were degraded in naturally infected …