Ferenc Peles

Endophytic fungi isolated from GTD symptomatic grapevines and testing potential biocontrol agents for treatment

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTD), caused by different phytopathogenic fungi threaten the vineyards worldwide and are one of the most important diseases in the Hungarian vineyards as well. They are caused by several fungal pathogens and the environmental factors has probable role as well. GTD pathogens can be detected only from the woody tissues of the plants. These fungi can often be found on asymptomatic plants as well. Currently there is no adequate and environmentally friendly protection against GTD pathogens. The aim of our work was to detect the pathogenic and non-GTD pathogenic endosymbiotic fungi from the grapevines, and to search for potential biocontrol agents from the healthy, asymptomatic plants.