• DOI:10.1007/s10658-016-0973-z
Corpus ID: 26704692

Characterisation and pathogenicity of fungal species associated with branch cankers and stem-end rot of avocado in Italy

@article{Guarnaccia2016CharacterisationAP,
  title={Characterisation and pathogenicity of fungal species associated with branch cankers and stem-end rot of avocado in Italy},
  author={V. Guarnaccia and A. Vitale and G. Cirvilleri and D. Aiello and A. Susca and F. Epifani and G. Perrone and G. Polizzi},
  journal={European Journal of Plant Pathology},
  year={2016},
  volume={146},
  pages={963-976}
}

V. Guarnaccia, A. Vitale, +5 authors G. Polizzi

Published 2016

Biology

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Branch cankers and stem-end rot are two of the most important threats to avocado production. [...] Key Result A total of 94 fungal isolates, recovered from four avocado orchards, were identified by morphological characterisation, DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analyses as belonging to the genera Colletotrichum, Neofusicoccum or Diaporthe.Expand Abstract

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