EPPO Global Database

Monilinia fructicola(MONIFC)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2018
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/049) : intercepted by Lithuania on 1 consignment of Pyrus pyraster fruit from Turkey (interception).

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/150) : found on Prunus serotina during surveys conducted in 2018 in Izmir and Çanakkale provinces (Aegean region).
References
* Morca AU, Teksür PK, Eğerci Y (2022) Morphological and molecular identification of Monilinia spp. causing blossom blight and fruit rot on sweet cherries in the Aegean region of Turkey. Phytoparasitica 21, 1-6.
------- Surveys in the Aegean region (2015 to 2017) in cherry orchards and packing houses detected Monilinia laxa and M. fructicola.

* Ozkilinc H, Yildiz G, Silan E, Arslan K, Guven H, Altinok HH, Altindag R, Durak MR (2020) Species diversity, mating type assays and aggressiveness patterns of Monilinia pathogens causing brown rot of peach fruit in Turkey. European Journal of Plant Pathology 157(4), 799-814.

* Uysal-Morca A, Kinay-Teksür P (2020) Brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola on Japanese plums in Turkey. Journal of Plant Pathology 102, p 589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00473-6
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Azerbaijan Present, no details view...
Bulgaria Present, restricted distribution view...
Greece Present, restricted distribution view...