First report of Calonectria henricotiae causing box blight in Spain
P. Kong,
R. Ioos,
C. X. Hong
Abstract:Box blight is caused by two closely related fungi, Calonectria pseudonaviculata (Cps) and/or C. henricotiae (Che) (Gehesquière et al., 2016). Cps is widespread globally (Daughtrey, 2019) while Che is limited to eight central European countries (Hong, 2023). To determine whether Che is present in southern Europe, we visited ten large boxwood gardens and street plantings in Madrid and Toledo, Spain and in Bordeaux, Lyon and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France. Boxwood (Buxus spp.) twigs with black streaks (Figure 1) we… Show more
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