Esca (grape 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

• List of grape diseases

References

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.
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.