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Phytophthora Crown and Root Rot of Apricot Caused by P hytophthora palmivora in T urkey
Author(s) -
Türkölmez Şahimerdan,
Çiftçi Osman,
Canıhoş Ercan,
Serçe Çigdem U.,
Derviş Sibel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/jph.12293
Subject(s) - phytophthora palmivora , biology , rootstock , horticulture , crown (dentistry) , botany , inoculation , phytophthora , medicine , dentistry
Forty‐nine P hytophthora isolates were obtained from roots and crown of apricot trees with symptoms of decline grown in commercial orchards in M alatya, E lazığ and D iyarbakır provinces, T urkey, in 2011 and 2013. All of the recovered isolates were identified as P hytophthora palmivora on the basis of morphological characteristics. Blast analysis of ITS region sequences of r DNA of 5 isolates revealed 100% identity with a reference isolates of P . palmivora from GenBank. Isolates of P . palmivora were pathogenic on 12‐month‐old wild apricot rootstock ‘Zerdali’ plants that were wound inoculated on the roots and on the crown. This study demonstrated that P . palmivora is the cause of the crown and root rot found on apricot in T urkey. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P . palmivora on this host plant.