Chestnut blight, caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, is a devastating disease infecting
American and European chestnut trees. The pathogen is native to East Asia and was spread …

Chestnut blight is a stem‐girdling disease of Castanea caused by the fungal pathogen
Cryphonectria parasitica. Chestnut blight affects all Castanea species to some degree. In …

Chestnut blight has spread throughout Europe since the introduction of its causal agent,
Cryphonectria parasitica,> 70 years ago. In our study, we analyzed the diversity of …

Virulent strains of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica cause lethal bark
cankers on chestnut trees. Infection of C. parasitica with Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 in …

Chestnut blight, caused by the invasive fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, is one of the few
tree diseases in Europe for which biological control is possible. The fungus may be infected …

Chestnut blight cankers, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, are prone to
invasion by other microorganisms as the canker ages. This microbial community has the …

Since its introduction into Europe in the first half of the 20th century, Cryphonectria parasitica
has been gradually spreading across the natural range of the sweet chestnut (Castanea …

Invasive species, especially plant pathogens, have a potential to completely eradicate native
plant species and remodel landscapes. Tripartite interactions among sweet chestnut …

Summary Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill.) Barr is a necrotrophic fungus that affects
European chestnut populations. In Catalonia (NE Spain), this fungus is widely spread …

The presence of hypovirulent (hypovirus-infected) isolates of the chestnut blight fungus
Cryphonectria parasitica in Asturias, northern Spain, is first reported by using both …