Botrytis disease of kiwifruit in Turkey

A. Karakaya; H. Bayraktar

doi:10.1071/DN09037

RESEARCH ARTICLE

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Botrytis disease of kiwifruit in Turkey

A. Karakaya ^A ^B and H. Bayraktar ^A

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^A Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Dışkapı, Ankara 06110, Turkey.

^B Corresponding author. Email: karakaya@agri.ankara.edu.tr

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 87-88 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09037
Submitted: 3 August 2009 Accepted: 19 August 2009 Published: 3 September 2009

Abstract

Botrytis cinerea infection of kiwifruit was reported for the first time from Rize, Turkey. The pathogen caused leaf blights. It is found in Rize central district, Ardeşen, Pazar, Çayeli, Fındıklı and Güneysu districts. Isolates were confirmed to be B. cinerea using polymerase chain reaction with specific primers C729± that amplified a 700 bp fragment.

Additional keywords: Botrytis cinerea, kiwifruit, Actinidia deliciosa, Rize, Turkey.

Acknowledgement

This study was supported by Ankara University Research Fund (Project No: 08B4347002).

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