In recent years, the cultivation of tropical fruit crops has increased in Mediterranean basin, especially southern Italy. surveys conducted from 2014 to 2019 woody canker and shoot blight were observed on mango plants (cvs. Kent, Keitt, Sensation, Osteen, Kensington Pride) litchi Way Chee Kwai Mai Pink) cultivated Sicily. Botryosphaeriaceae Diaporthaceae consistently isolated symptomatic sample...

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are currently considered some of the most important challenges for viticulture, curtailing vineyard longevity and productivity in nearly every raisin, table wine grape production region California worldwide. Pruning wounds provide main entry point fungal pathogens responsible these diseases; enter following precipitation events. The aim this study was to evaluate...

In March 2022, sunken cankers were observed on the stem and branches of young mature Alnus glutinosa trees in central Portugal (Canelas, 40°42’17’’N; 8°33’59’’W). Cankers characterised by necrotic lesions outer inner bark that progressively girdled circumference causing extensive canopy dieback (Figure 1). The incidence disease was estimated at 70% (linear plot 50 m long). To isolate causal age...