Nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and chloroplast matK gene were sequenced for 23 species of Actinidia, the genus of kiwifruit. Neither ITS nor matK phylogeny supports monophyly ...

The symptoms of a serious kiwi fruit (Actinidia chinensis Planchon) rot observed over the last years in Italy and occurring in cold storage are briefly described. Pathogenicity tests, carried out in ...