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Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops. Vol. 1

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the disease is already established <strong>and</strong> the importance to avoid the spread <strong>of</strong> this<br />

pathogen into uninfected areas.<br />

7.2. Chestnut blight<br />

Chestnut, an Ancient Crop with Future 145<br />

Figure 22. Ink disease killing an old tree.<br />

Chestnut blight it is caused by Cryphonectria parasitica (Murr.) Barr (Syn. Endothia<br />

parasitica [Murr.] And.). It became the major disease <strong>of</strong> chestnut due to the sen-

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