Plant Protect. Sci., 2014, 50(4):227-229 | DOI: 10.17221/18/2014-PPS

Cylindrocladium buxicola is threatening the native Buxus sempervirens populations in Turkey - short communicationShort Communication

Asko LEHTIJÄRVI1, H. Tuğba DOĞMUª-LEHTIJÄRVI2, Funda OSKAY3
1 Faculty of Forestry, Bursa Technical University, Osmangazi-Bursa, Turkey
2 Faculty of Forestry, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
3 Faculty of Forestry, Çankiri Karatekin University, Çankiri, Turkey

Cylindrocladium buxicola is a fungal pathogen of Buxus spp. in Turkey; the pathogen was first noted in 2011 on the native populations of B. sempervirens in forests in Trabzon in the Black Sea region. Surveys conducted in November 2012 revealed a devastating impact of the pathogen on natural B. sempervirens populations, in which the trees were either dead or severely defoliated. The epidemic had spread 3-25 km along the river valleys near the Black Sea coast. Similar river valleys further inland were still free of infection or showed only the very first signs of arrival of the epidemic. The disease has recently been found also in nurseries. All isolates tested belonged to the G1 clade.

Keywords: Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum; boxwood blight; epidemic; Black Sea region; invasive alien species

Published: December 31, 2014  Show citation

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LEHTIJÄRVI A, DOĞMUª-LEHTIJÄRVI HT, OSKAY F. Cylindrocladium buxicola is threatening the native Buxus sempervirens populations in Turkey - short communication. Plant Protect. Sci. 2014;50(4):227-229. doi: 10.17221/18/2014-PPS.
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