Decline of Mediterranean Fruit Crops and Forests Associated with Fungal Trunk Pathogens

• Other Authors: Agustí-Brisach, Carlos (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; grapevine trunk diseases; signal transduction; systemic acquired resistance; preformed defenses; symptom severity; pistachio; crown rot; root rot; Macrophomina phaseolina; pathogenicity; bscogniauxia; botryosphaeriaceae; cadophora; citrus dieback; colletotrichum; phaeoacremonium; fungal trunk pathogens; occurrence; Prunus dulcis; water deficiency; weakened hosts; grapevine; Diplodia seriata; Neofusicoccum parvum; diagnostic; Vitis vinifera; Botryosphaeria dieback; foliar symptoms; (R)-mellein; qPCR; LC-MS/MS; esca complex; wood disease control; leaf symptoms; fungal pathogens; natural infections; Silverleaf disease; Chondrostereum purpureum; Prunus salicina; Japanese plum; apple die-back; canker; fungi; multi-loci phylogeny; wood decay
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This book was established after closing the Special Issue "Decline of Mediterranean Fruit Crops and Forests Associated with Fungal Trunk Pathogens" edited by Dr. Carlos Agustí-Brisach as Guest Editor and Mr. Everett Zhu as Manager Editor. This book represents a collection of papers related to the etiology, epidemiology, and control of fungal trunk diseases in several Mediterranean woody crops such as almond, citrus, grapevine or pistachio, among others. This volume was intended to generate knowledge on the etiology and epidemiology of tree decline syndromes to build a strong foundation for developing effective management approaches to reduce the yield losses caused by these diseases. In addition, a broad collection of techniques to conduct studies on etiology and epidemiology as well as to determine the effect of biotic and abiotic factors enhancing the progression of trunk diseases in woody crops are shown in this book.