one of the most important and elusive diseases of grapevine is esca disease. esca is a complex disease that comprises a combination of symptoms caused by various fungi including growth retardation, decrease in productivity and decline of the plant and usually affecting adult plants (8 to 10 years and older). the purpose of this research was to study the genetic variations of fungal agents assoc...

INTRODUCTION Trunk diseases create tremendous problems for the viticulture industry causing significant economical losses due to reduced yields, increased crop management costs for cultural and chemical preventive measures, and shortened life span of the vines (Munkvold et al., 1994; Bertsch et al., 2013). No cures are currently available and the diseased wood is typically removed to limit the ...

during spring and summer of 2010 and 2012, several surveys were conducted in different vineyards in kohgiluyeh & boyer-ahmad (southwestern iran) and kerman (southeastern iran) provinces, with the aim of isolating and identifying fungi associated with grapevine decline diseases. the samples collected comprised diseased grapevines showing yellowing, defoliation, reduced growth, wilting, intervein...

Mould growth is not accepted on most types of North European meat products and is considered as both an economic and aesthetic problem for the producers. In order to determine the mycobiota in processing areas of fermented sausage and liver pâté, filamentous fungi were isolated from air, equipment and raw materials in the processing areas of two fermented sausage processing plants and two liver...