Phytopathologia Mediterranea Firenze University Press The international journal of the www.fupress.com/pm Mediterranean Phytopathological Union Research Papers A fast and reliable method for Diplodia seriata inoculation of trunks and assessment of Citation: Arrigoni E., Oliveira Longa C.M., Angeli D., Soini M., Pertot I., fungicide efficacy on potted apple plants under Perazzolli M. (2019) A fast and reliable method for Diplodia seriata inoculation greenhouse conditions of trunks and assessment of fungicide efficacy on potted apple plants under greenhouse conditions. Phytopatholo- gia Mediterranea 58(1): 163-173. doi: Elena ARRIGONI1,2, Claudia Maria OLIVEIRA LONGA1, Dario ANGE- 10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-23764 LI1, Matteo SOINI1, Ilaria PERTOT1,3,#, Michele PERAZZOLLI1,#,* Accepted: December 6, 2018 1 Department of Sustainable Agro-ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy Published: May 15, 2019 2 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Copyright: © 2019 Arrigoni E., Oliveira Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy 3 Longa C.M., Angeli D., Soini M., Per- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, via E. Mach 1, tot I., Perazzolli M. This is an open 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy access, peer-reviewed article published # These authors jointly supervised this work by Firenze University Press (http:// *Corresponding author:
[email protected] www.fupress.com/pm) and distribuited under the terms of the Creative Com- mons Attribution License, which per- Abstract. Diplodia seriata is a polyphagous and widespread pathogen that infects mits unrestricted use, distribution, and trunks, shoots, fruit and leaves of apple plants.