Esca (grape disease)

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Esca
Esca symptoms on leaves
Causal agents: Phaeoacremonium aleophilum, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora
Hosts: Vitis vinifera
EPPO code: TOGNMI
Second EPPO codes: PHMOCH

Esca is a grape disease of mature grapevines. It is a type of grapevine trunk disease.

The fungi Phaeoacremonium aleophilum, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora[1] and Fomitiporia mediterranea[2] are associated with the disease.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Real-Time PCR Detection of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and Phaeoacremonium aleophilum. Maria Teresa Martín, Rebeca Cobos, Laura Martín and Lorena López-Enríquez, Appl Environ Microbiol., Jun 2012, volume 78, issue 11, pages 3985–3991, doi:10.1128/AEM.07360-11, PMC 3346403
  2. ↑ A new wood-decaying basidiomycete species associated with esca of grapevine: Fomitiporia mediterranea (Hymenochaetales). Michael Fischer, Mycological Progress, 2002, Volume 1, Issue 3, pages 315-324, doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0029-4