The Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU) is a non-profit society open to organizations and individuals involved in plant pathology with a specific interest in the aspects related to the Mediterranean area considered as an ecological region. The Union was created with the aim of stimulating contacts among plant pathologists and facilitating the spread of information, news and scientific material on plant diseases occurring in the area. The Union also intends to facilitate and promote studies and research on diseases of Mediterranean crops and their control. The Union hosts scientific papers dealing with problems related to diseases of Mediterranean crops in Phytopathologia Mediterranea, a journal specifically devoted to these aspects of plant pathology. The Union is affiliated to the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP). |
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The status of Botryosphaeriaceae species infecting grapevines Phytopathologia Mediterranea 50 (Supplement) Abstract
Plasmopara viticola: a review of knowledge on downy mildew of grapevine and effective disease management. Abstract
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New or Unusual Disease Reports
Shoot necrosis caused by Phoma incompta, a new disease of olive in Croatia Abstract
First report of Neofusicoccum australe associated with grapevine cordon dieback in Italy Abstract
First report of natural infection of Vigna mungo var. silvestris L. by Groundnut bud necrosis virus, a tospovirus Abstract
First report of Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-3 on chickpea in Tunisia Abstract
First report of olive anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Tunisia Abstract
Pepino mosaic virus, a first report of a virus infecting tomato in Syria Abstract
Citrullus lanatus, a new host of Bipolaris spicifera in Morocco Abstract
Neofusicoccum luteum associated with leaf necrosis and fruit rot of olives in New South Wales, Australia Abstract
Occurrence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in Jin Tao kiwi plants in Italy Abstract
Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) outbreak on Eucalyptus globulus in Brazil caused by Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa Abstract
Sorosphaera viticola, a plasmodiophorid parasite of grapevine Abstract
First report of shoot blight and dieback caused by on Pinus pinaster and P. radiata trees in Tunisia Abstract
First report of Pseudocercospora cladosporioides, the causal agent of Cercospora leaf spot of olive trees, in Tunisia Abstract
Grapevine decline in Italy caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae Abstract
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