Forest Pathology (2018) 48 (6 - e12470)

Ayse Gülden Aday Kaya, Asko Lehtijärvi, Yusuf Sasmaz, Justyna A. Nowakowska, Tomasz Oszako, Hatice Tugba Dogmus Lehtijärvi and Stephen Woodward (2018)
Phytophthora species detected in the rhizosphere of Alnus glutinosa stands in the Floodplain Forests of Western Turkey
Forest Pathology 48 (6 - e12470)
Abstract: The occurrence of Phytophthora species in Alnus glutinosa stands in the Karacabey and Igneada floodplain forests was investigated. Twenty-seven soil samples taken from the rhizosphere of declining trees (without bark symptoms) were baited for Phytophthora. In total, 311 Phytophthora isolates were obtained following culturing on selective medium. On the basis of the morphological characteristics and the ITS sequences of the rDNA, Phytophthora plurivora accounted for 83% of the rhizosphere isolates. In addition to P. plurivora, P. gonapodyides (9%), P. chlamydospora (3.8%), P. lacustris (2.5%) and P. aff. cactorum (2%) were isolated from the surveyed areas. No P. × alni was detected in the present work. This paper is the first to report the isolation of P. plurivora and P. aff. cactorum from the rhizosphere of Alnus species in Turkey.
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Database assignments for author(s): Asko Lehtijärvi, Stephen Woodward

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phytophthora plurivora	Alder (Alnus)	Turkey
	Phytophthora gonapodyides	Alder (Alnus)	Turkey
	Phytophthora lacustris	Alder (Alnus)	Turkey
	Phytophthora chlamydospora	Alder (Alnus)	Turkey