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Involvement of Phytophthora cryptogea in sweet cherry decline in Turkey

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Sweet cherry is a major commercial crop in Turkey, the most important producer of the fruit worldwide. Sweet cherry decline was observed in an orchard in Ankara province of Turkey. Affected young trees exhibited reduced tree vigor, yellowing and wilting of leaves, and dieback symptoms resulted in tree death. A Phytophthora sp. was consistently isolated from necroses that appeared on taproots and crowns. The pathogen was identified as Phytophthora cryptogea based on several morphological features and DNA sequence of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. P. cryptogea was pathogenic on excised shoots and 1-year-old cherry rootstocks. This is the first report of P. cryptogea causing disease of sweet cherry in Turkey.

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Kurbetli, İ. Involvement of Phytophthora cryptogea in sweet cherry decline in Turkey. Phytoparasitica 42, 627–630 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-014-0403-8

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