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
trees in many countries, B. dothidea can cause pre-and postharvest decay on apple fruit (2).
It has been known to cause canker and dieback of forest trees in Serbia (3), but has not
been recorded either on apple trees or apple fruit. In December 2010, apple fruit cv. Idared
(Malus× domestica Borkh.) with symptoms of white rot were collected from one storage in the …

Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.: Fr.) Ces. De Not. causes perennial cankers on apple trees
and causes white rot on apple fruit in the field and during storage (1). Prolonged periods of
warm wet weather favor rapid disease outbreaks that result in severe losses, which range
from 25 to 50% for the southeastern United States (3). A B. dothidea isolate was obtained
from decayed 'Fuji'apple fruit exhibiting white rot symptoms from a local farm market in
Beltsville, MD, in May 2010. The fruit had characteristic large dark brown lesions with …