<i>Kalmusia variispora</i> (Didymosphaeriaceae, Dothideomycetes) Associated with the Grapevine Trunk Disease Complex in Cyprus.

ABSTRACT: Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are widespread worldwide, causing serious economic losses to the vitiviniculture industry. The etiology of the complex pathogenic mycobiome associated with this group of diseases is critical to implementing appropriate management strategies. Diseased grapevines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms were collected from vineyards in different provinces of Cyprus, resulting in 19 pycnidial isolates. A subsequent multilocus sequence analysis of six genetic loci (ITS, LSU, SSU, b-tub, tef1-a, and rpb2) identified them as Kalmusia variispora, and twelve representative isolates are included in the phylogenetic analyses. According to pathogenicity trials on two-year-old potted vines (cv. Mavro), all tested isolates were pathogenic, exhibiting l

SUBMITTER: Makris G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12113838 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature