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Correlation of bois noir disease with nettle and vector abundance in northern Italy vineyards

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The phytoplasmas associated with bois noir (BN) tuf-type a are transmitted to grapevines by means of Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret using Urtica dioica L. as the inoculum source. In the period 2003–2008, a research was carried out in six vineyards of northern Italy where a large amount of nettles in the ditches surrounding vineyards was detected. The aim was to establish the nettle control effects on the presence of H. obsoletus and new symptomatic grapevines. PCR and RFLP analyses showed the presence of the BN tuf-type a phytoplasmas in symptomatic grapevines of all vineyards and in the vector. Weed control strategies along ditches were always associated with decreases in nettle coverage and H. obsoletus numbers. A reduction in the percentage of new symptomatic grapevines occurred in all vineyards except for one vineyard where the least reduction in nettle and H. obsoletus was observed. The decrease in H. obsoletus population was significantly correlated with a decrease in nettles along ditches, and the reduction in H. obsoletus population was correlated with a decrease in incidence of new symptomatic grapevines compared with the incidence before the application of weed control measures. Nettle weeding can reduce the incidence of BN tuf-type a, but weed control costs and impacts need to be considered.

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The authors wish to thank the farmers for their helpfulness and Prof. Andrea Battisti for the valuable suggestions on the manuscript.

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  1. Dipartimento di Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali, Sez. Entomologia, Università di Padova, Padua, Italy

    Nicola Mori & Luca Mazzon

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università di Udine, Udine, Italy

    Francesco Pavan

  3. Consorzio Fitosanitario Provinciale di Modena, Modena, Italy

    Nazareno Reggiani

  4. Consorzio Fitosanitario Provinciale di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Mirko Bacchiavini

  5. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali Patologia Vegetale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Samanta Paltrinieri & Assunta Bertaccini

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Mori, N., Pavan, F., Reggiani, N. et al. Correlation of bois noir disease with nettle and vector abundance in northern Italy vineyards. J Pest Sci 85, 23–28 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-011-0375-0

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