OFFİCİAL PEST REPORTİNG & POTATO WART DİSEASE (Synchytrium endobioticum)

Report Number
Date of Report	20.06.2007
Title	Potato wart disease in Turkey in 2006
Status of Report	Preliminary
Identity of Pest	Synchytrium endobioticum
Host(s) or article(s) concerned	Solanum tuberosum- ware potato (for consumption)
Geographical distribution	In 2006, 169 fields in Nevşehir, 68 fields in Niğde, 1 field in Kayseri in Central Anatolia region and 8 fields in Ordu, 5 fields in Trabzon in Black Sea region in Turkey.
Nature of immediate or potential danger, or other reason for reporting	First finding of potato wart in potatoes in 2003. The organism is found in same home garden later than in ware potato of commercial fields.
Short description or summary	Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Wart Disease was first detected on potato tubers in Aybastı (province of Ordu in Black Sea Region), a non economically important potato growing district, during October 2003. The disease was also found in two of the commercially potato growing provinces of central Anatolia, Niğde and Nevşehir in the same year. The potato varieties Agria, Donella, Granola, Marfona and Russet Burbank grown in Niğde and Nevşehir provinces were affected from the disease in very low percentages, not exceeding 1% of the total plants. The Ministry of Agriculture has been employing the EU (1969) Council Directive 69/464 of 8 December 1969 on control of Potato Wart Disease. Disease surveys for this pathogen in Turkey are continuing as routine surveys for every year.
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Issues Keywords	Fungus, Outbreak, Pest status:Present/Presence
Commodity keywords	Fresh potato
Contact for more information	Emel ÇAKIR Ankara Plant Protection Central Research Ins. ANKARA emel_cakir@hotmail.com