Phytopathologia Mediterranea (May 2011)

Update on <I>Plum pox virus</I> distribution in Turkey

  • Birol AKBAŞ,
  • Kemal DEĞİRMENCİ,
  • Osman ÇİFTÇİ,
  • Aydan KAYA,
  • Melike YURTMEN,
  • Nesrin UZUNOĞULLARI,
  • Nejla ÇELİK,
  • Şahinerdam TÜRKÖLMEZ

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-8646
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 1

Abstract

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Extensive surveys to determine the occurrence of Plum pox virus (PPV) in Turkey were carried out between 2007 and 2010 in commercial stone fruit orchards and nurseries, in non commercial stone fruit trees at other locations, and in rural and urban residential properties located in 56 of Turkey’s 81 provinces. A total of 5,762 samples were collected from almond, apricot, mahaleb, nectarine, plum, peach, sweet cherry and sour cherry and tested by biological indexing, DAS-ELISA and RT-PCR. Two hundred and twenty two samples from 4 regions (the Aegean region, the Central Anatolia region, the Marmara region and the Mediterranean region) were found to be infected with PPV. This virus has occurred in Turkey since 1968. This is the first record of PPV occurrence in Aksaray, Çanakkale, İzmir, Kayseri, and Konya provinces.

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