The Ascomycota species Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, in concert with other fungi, is a causal agent for grapevine trunk diseases. Here, we present the first draft of the P. chlamydospora genome sequence, which comprises 355 scaffolds, with a total length of 26.59 Mb and 7,279 predicted protein-coding genes.

Natural extracts, and particularly plant by-product can represent an eco-friendly alternative to synthetic pesticides control crop diseases. We produced extract from a mix of grapevine trunk roots that contain high amount complex stilbenes (grapevine phytoalexins), especially ?- r-viniferins. This conferred protection grapevines against Plasmopara viticola (the causal agent downy mildew) by dis...

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are among the most important problems that affect longevity and productivity of vineyards in all major growing regions world. They slow-progression caused by several wood-inhabiting fungi with similar life cycles epidemiology. The simultaneous presence multiple pathogens a single plant together inconsistent GTDs symptoms expression, their isolation asymptomatic p...

Up to 60 species of fungi in the Botryosphaeriaceae family, genera Cadophora, Cryptovalsa, Cylindrocarpon, Diatrype, Diatrypella, Eutypa, Eutypella, Fomitiporella, Fomitiporia, Inocutis, Phaeoacremonium and Phaeomoniella have been isolated from decline-affected grapevines all around the World. The main grapevine trunk diseases of mature vines are Eutypa dieback, the esca complex and cankers cau...

Esca is a grapevine trunk disease (GTD) associated with different pathogenic fungi inhabiting the woody tissues. Bacteria can also be found in such tissues and they may interact with these fungal colonizers. Although such types of microbial interactions have been observed for wood diseases in many trees, this has never been studied for grapevine. In this study, the bacterial microflora of diffe...

EDITORIAL article Front. Fungal Biol., 12 April 2023Sec. Fungi-Plant Interactions Volume 4 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2023.1186166

Black meristematic fungi are cosmopolitan and able to adapt to extreme fluctuations of ultraviolet radiation, temperature, and moisture and grow in exposed habitats such as stone surfaces. In a survey on fungi associated with fruit rots, leaf spots, canker, gummosis, dieback and trunk diseases of grapevine and walnut trees in Kurdistan Province (Iran), some black meristematic fungal isolates re...