Black foot disease of grapevine explained

Black foot disease
Hosts:Vitis vinifera
Causal Agents:Cylindrocarpon fungi
Eppo Codes:1CYLCG
Treatment:Pruning 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]

Notes and References

  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,

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