A significant reduction in vine production has recently been recorded in several vine regions in Algeria due to the death (total or partial) of many vines and to the pulling of many vineyards that had showed too many symptoms of decline. This study was conducted during spring 2010 2012 to detect the responsible agents for this disease. Samples of grapevine wood were collected in five grapevine ...

P. Castillo, Research Nematologist, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (IAS-CSIC), Apdo. 4084, 14080-Córdoba, Spain; N. Vovlas, Research Nematologist, Istituto di Nematologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via G. Amendola 165/a, 70126-Bari, Italy; A. I. Nico, Graduate Student, IAS-CSIC; and R. M. Jiménez-Díaz, Professor, IAS-CSIC a...