Reddish-brown lesions on young shoots, withering of leaves, cankers on older shoots and
shoot necrosis were observed on some olive trees in southern Croatia. The fungus Phoma …

Inoculation of olive cuttings and detached leaves with a conidial suspension of the fungus
Spilocaea oleagina has been used to evaluate olive cultivars for resistance to leaf spot or …

Colletotrichum species have the capacity to produce asymptomatic latent (quiescent)
infections on various olive tree tissues: during this symptomless biotrophic phase, the …

Escudete, which is caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea, is a disease that is widely
distributed in the Mediterranean basin, but is of little general importance. Nevertheless …

Olive anthracnose causes fruit rot leading to its drop or mummification, resulting in yield
losses and the degradation of oil quality. Taxonomy and distribution The disease is caused …

Soilborne diseases are an increasing threat to agriculture and natural ecosystems. Olive
root and crown rot (ORCR) caused by pathogenic oomycete species has recently been …

New plantations of Olive tree in northern Iran are usually being severely affected by wilt or
dieback and death. To determine the etiology of this problem, a study was carried out in …

Evaluation of the incidence of the leaf spot disease caused by the biotrophic pathogen
Fusicladium oleagineum on two olive cultivars (Olea europaea L.) was carried out during six …

This study identified the main pathogens causing fruit rots of mature peaches in northern
Greece, the major peach producing area of Greece. The brown rot pathogen Monilinia laxa …

The study was carried out in an apple orchard and a laboratory of the Institute of Agriculture,
Kyustendil, Bulgaria in seven consecutive years from 1998 to 2004. The apple cultivars …