Apple is one of the most commercially profitable fruit crops in Turkey, and is grown on
150,847 ha with 2,889,000 tons of fruit produced annually. In June 2015, we observed trees …

Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.: Fr.) Ces. & De Not has a worldwide distribution infecting
species from over 80 genera of plants (1). Apart from being an important pathogen of apple …

Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) is one of the most economically important tree nut crops in
Turkey. In June 2021, canker and wood necrosis were observed on approximately 25% of …

Pyrus communis cv. Conference is the most widely grown pear cultivar in Belgium. In the
summer of 2016, a previously unknown fruit rot on nearly mature Conference pears was …

In the fall season 2017, forty samples showing necrotic and wilted leaves, stem cankers,
shoot cankers, leaf and fruit blight were collected from walnut trees in seven commercial …

Apple trees (Malus domestica L. Borkh.) with extensive, unknown tree fruit decline symptoms
were seen in commercial orchards over the past 5 years in Ontario, Canada. Trees exhibited …

Pear (Pyrus communis L.) is widely grown in Italy, the leading producer in Europe. In
summer 2011, a previously unknown rot was observed on fruit of an old cultivar …

During the years 2012 and 2013, in the Aegean region (Western Turkey), fruit rot symptoms
occurred on olive (Olea europea L.) cvs Gemlik, Memecik and Ayvalık with an infection …

(Moug.: Fr.) Ces. et De Not.] on the basis of morphological characters (Phillips et al., 2005).
On oatmeal agar (OA) at 25 C, fungal isolates developed white colonies with dense aerial …

Until recently, the causal agent of Botryosphaeria canker was assumed to differ from that
causing ring rot on fruit and warts on branches on apple trees in China and East Asia …