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Morphological, molecular, and pathogenic characterization of Quambalaria cyanescens associated with grapevine trunk decline in Tunisia

H. Trabelsi S. Chenenaoui Hassène Zemni Mariem Alibi Mayssa Daouthi A. Bensalem V. Mondello Ghedira Kais Oussema Khamessi L. Kalai C. Messaoud Y. Zaouali Florence Fontaine A. Ben Ghnaya-Chakroun

Sep 2026 · Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration · Vol 11 · 0 citations · 33 references

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The findings demonstrate the pathogenic potential of the Tunisian isolate of Q. cyanescens under experimental conditions and provide the first molecular and pathogenic characterization of this species associated with grapevine trunk decline in Tunisia and, to the authors' knowledge, in North Africa.

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