Neofabraea vagabunda is the causal agent of the bull’s eye rot disease in pome fruits. Symptoms only manifest at the postharvest stage, thus posing a particularly challenging threat to postharvest management. However, there is considerable variation among and within fungal isolates in term of ecological and epidemiological behavior. To address these aspects, thirty-one N. vagabunda strains isolated from North-East Italy from 3...

Background and aims The Kiwifruit Vine Decline Syndrome (KVDS) is a disease that is currently a challenge for kiwifruit production in Italy, and it is spreading in new production areas. However, the causal agent of this syndrome has not been clearly identified, and we still know little about the overall effects of KVDS on the interactions between the host plant and its microbiome. Methods In this study, we combined metabarcodi...