Background Trunk diseases threaten the longevity and productivity of grapevines in all
viticulture production systems. They are caused by distantly-related fungi that form chronic wood …

Cadophora species are reported from grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) in California, South Africa,
Spain, Uruguay, and Canada. Frequent isolation from vines co-infected with the Esca …

Cultivars of European grapevine, Vitis vinifera, show varying levels of susceptibility to Eutypa
dieback and Esca, in terms of foliar symptoms. However, little is known regarding cultivar …

Cytospora species are ubiquitous pathogens of numerous woody plants, causing dieback and
wood cankers in agronomic crops, timber trees and wildland trees (eg Prunus, Eucalyptus …

In eastern North America, Phomopsis cane and leaf spot, caused by Phomopsis viticola, is a
foliar disease of grape but, in the Mediterranean climate of western North America, P. …

Despite the high likelihood of infection and substantial yield losses from trunk diseases, many
California practitioners wait to adopt field-tested, preventative practices (delayed pruning, …

Cytospora species are destructive canker and dieback pathogens of woody hosts in natural
and agroecosystems around the world. In this genus, molecular identification has been …

… ANOVA was performed in R using the lesion size as a function of the inoculation treatment
and the experiment. Means were compared for significant effects (P < 0.05) by Tukey’s HSD …

… In addition, we estimated the minimum number of recombination events (R m ) for each taxon
based on the four-gametic test (Hudson and Kaplan 1985) for each locus and between loci …

… Baumgartner and R. Travadon. Funding for this research to P. Lecomte comes from grants
from the Account of Specific Affectation for Agricultural & Rural Development (CasDAR) and …