Christophe Bertsch

TL;DR: An overview of eutypa dieback, esca and botryosphaeria die back, the predominant grapevine trunk diseases worldwide, and their symptomatologies, characteristics of the different fungal species associated with them; and host‐pathogen interactions are presented.

TL;DR: The chemical composition, abundance and biological activities of triterpenoids occurring in cuticular waxes of some economically important fruits, like apple, grape berry, olive, tomato and others, are described in this review.

TL;DR: It is proposed that stimulation of expression of a developmentally regulated glucose uniporter by reactive oxygen species production and extensive cell death after necrotrophic fungal infection could facilitate sugar acquisition from plant cells by the pathogen.

TL;DR: The pararetroviral sequences in plant genomes may be maintained due to the benefits of virus resistance to this class of viruses conferred by their presence, and it is proposed that such resistance involves RNA interference-related mechanisms acting via small RNA-mediated methylation of pararetoviral DNAs and/or via degradation of the viral mRNAs.

TL;DR: The efficiency of thiamine is evidenced in the control of downy mildew in grapevine by direct and indirect effects, suggesting thatThiamine could be an attractive alternative to chemical fungicides in disease management in vineyards.