Diagnostic protocol for Monilinia fructigena (Apple Brown Rot)
Published: Wed, 27 Mar 2013, 10:48Last updated: Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:30
Monilinia fructigena commonly referred to as „apple brown rot? is the most common Monilinia species on apple and pear in Europe (Jones and Aldwinckle, 1990). M. fructigena has very similar morphology and biology to M. fructicola and M. laxa and the three species can be easily confused (Byrde and Willetts, 1977; Corazza et al., 1998). Isolates of M. fructigena from Japan were shown to be morphologically and genetically distinct from European strains and have subsequently been reclassified as the new species M. polystroma (Leeuwen et al. 2002). M. fructigena primarily causes fruit rots, both before and after harvest, and less frequently infection of shoots and twigs.
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