A survey in olive orchards Istria (Croatia) was carried out from 2016 to 2018 investigate pathogens potentially associated with decline and dieback. In nine orchards, canker-like symptoms were recorded on trunks branches. Six fungal species isolated cankers: Geosmithia sp., Diaporthe Diatrype stigma, Diplodia seriata, Neofusicoccum parvum, Pseudophaeomoniella oleae. Pathogenicity tests conducte...

Bleeding cankers on horse chestnut trees (Aesculushippocastanum and Aesculus × carnea), caused by Pseudomonassyringae pv. aesculi, have been reported across Europe. In the present study, we show successful detection of P. syringae aesculi symptomatic in Switzerland using quantitative PCR (qPCR). However, was also detected qPCR from which no isolate obtained through cultivation. Reduced isolatio...