Black foot disease of grapevine

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Black foot disease
Causal agentsCylindrocarpon fungi
HostsVitis vinifera
EPPO Code1CYLCG
TreatmentPruning wound protection

The black foot disease is a grapevine trunk disease. It is caused by fungi in the genus Cylindrocarpon (C. fasciculare, C. pseudofasciculare, C. destructans, C. macrodidymum and C. obtusisporum).[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Occurrence of grapevine trunk disease pathogens in rootstock mother plants in South Africa. P. H. Fourie and F. Halleen, Australasian Plant Pathology, June 2004, Volume 33, Issue 2, pages 313-315, doi:10.1071/AP04005