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Pseudopezicula tracheiphila

Pathogen (fungus) of the vine disease red burner; see there.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, the cause of this disease of the vine, also known as red distillate, was unknown; nutrient deficiencies were suspected. In 1903, the Swiss Hermann Müller-Thurgau (1850-1927) discovered the parasitic fungus Pseudopezicula tracheiphila, after which the disease is sometimes named. The fungus hibernates on withered leaves on the ground. This is also the main source of infection. The fungal disease mostly occurs in shallow, stony and dry slopes...

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