New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
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Plant disease record
First report of Chondrostereum purpureum causing silverleaf disease of
apricot (Prunus armeniaca) in Malatya, Turkey
H. Ozgonen
Department of Plant Protection
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Suleyman Demirel
Isparta, Turkey
email: hozgonen@ziraat.sdu.edu.tr
A. Erkilic
G. Koc
S. Baloglu
Department of Plant Protection
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Cukurova
Adana, Turkey
Abstract Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) is important in the
economy of Turkey. Chondrostereum purpureum causing silvering was observed
in apricot growing areas in Malatya, Turkey. The characteristic symptom of
the diseased tree was silvering of leaves resulting from fungal toxin. The
disease incidence was found to be 2–15% in surveyed areas. The pathogenicity test was undertaken
on apricot trees in a nursery, and disease incidence was found to be 22% after
inoculation.
Keywords Chondrostereum purpureum; silver leaf; disease
incidence; apricot
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2006, Vol. 34:
357
0014–0671/06/3404–0357 © The Royal
Society of New Zealand 2006
H05085; Online publication date 20 November 2006. Received 27 July
2005; accepted 29 October 2006
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