Fomitiporia mediterranea M. Fisch.(Fmed) is a basidiomycete first described in 2002, and
was considered up to then as part of Fomitiporia punctata (P. Karst) Murrill. This fungus can …

In the context of climate change, plant mortality is increasing worldwide in both natural and
agroecosystems. However, our understanding of the underlying causes is limited by the …

A survey was carried out in 22 European and some non-European Mediterranean countries
in 2015 and 2016, to gain insights into the main fungal grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) in …

Plant diseases are one of the main reasons behind major economic and production losses
in the agricultural field. Current research activities enable large fields monitoring and plant …

Hydraulic failure has been extensively studied during drought-induced plant dieback, but its
role in plant-pathogen interactions is under debate. During esca, a grapevine (Vitis vinifera) …

Neofusicoccum parvum, causal fungus of the grapevine trunk disease Botryosphaeria
dieback, attacks the wood of Vitis vinifera. Because lesions are internal, using putative host …

Wood colonizing fungi are specialists that exploit the lignocellulose of cell wall components
in host wood cylinders as a carbon sources. Some of these specialized fungi, including …

Morphological traits of the plant vascular system such as xylem vessel diameter have been
implicated in many physiological processes including resistance to drought-induced xylem …

The seasonal dynamics of esca leaf symptom development were monitored and modelled
over 10 years (from 2004 to 2006, 2012 to 2014, and 2018 to 2021) in eleven vineyards …

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), caused by Exserohilum turcicum, is a devastating disease
of corn in China. To enhance our understanding of NCLB epidemiology, the temporal …