“…apoplexy) that is favored during hot and dry summers, and the chronicle form characterized by the expression of progressive symptoms on leaves and berries, that can be intermittent from year to year ( Mugnai et al, 1999 ; Guerin-Dubrana et al, 2012 ; Bertsch et al, 2013 ). P. chlamydospora possess all the traits of a vascular wilt pathogen including a systemic host colonization, spatial restriction to xylem vessels with limited ability to degrade structural plant cell wall polymers, and production of phytotoxins ( Abou-Mansour et al, 2004 ; Bruno and Sparapano, 2006a , b , c ; Santos et al, 2006 ; Valtaud et al, 2009 ; Fleurat-Lessard et al, 2010 ; Luini et al, 2010 ; Morales-Cruz et al, 2015 ). Several infection routes have been identified including infected nursery plant material ( Whiteman et al, 2007 ), soilborne ( Agusti-Brisach et al, 2013 ; Pouzoulet et al, 2013b ) and airborne infections ( Eskalen et al, 2007 ; Moyo et al, 2014 ).…”