Esca (grape disease)

Fungal grapevine trunk disease

Esca

Esca symptoms on leaves

Causal agents| Phaeoacremonium aleophilum, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora
Hosts| Vitis vinifera
EPPO Code| TOGNMI, 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

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* List of grape diseases

## References

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1. ^ Martín, M. T.; Cobos, R; Martín, L; López-Enríquez, L (2012). "Real-Time PCR Detection of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and Phaeoacremonium aleophilum". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (11): 3985–3991\. Bibcode:2012ApEnM..78.3985M. doi:10.1128/AEM.07360-11. PMC 3346403. PMID 22447605.3985-3991&rft.date=2012&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3346403#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/22447605&rft_id=info:doi/10.1128/AEM.07360-11&rft_id=info:bibcode/2012ApEnM..78.3985M&rft.aulast=Martín&rft.aufirst=M.+T.&rft.au=Cobos,+R&rft.au=Martín,+L&rft.au=López-Enríquez,+L&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3346403&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Esca+(grape+disease)" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Fischer, Michael (2002). "A new wood-decaying basidiomycete species associated with esca of grapevine: Fomitiporia mediterranea (Hymenochaetales)". Mycological Progress. 1 (3): 315–324\. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0029-4. S2CID 41692047.315-324&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s11557-006-0029-4&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:41692047#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Esca+(grape+disease)" class="Z3988">