Monilinia vaccinll-corymbosi on highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.): also in Europe!

摘要

Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi (Monilinia blight, mummy berry disease) is one of the most important plant pathogenic fungi on blueberries in America and was not detected in Europe until now. In the years 2002 and 2003, in Styria (Austria), a fungus wasisolated from blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum 'Berkeley') and identified morphologically as Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi through appearance on shoots and fruits, the asco- and conidiospores and the overwintering structures. As known so far, this is the first verified occurrence of M. vaccinii-corymbosi in Europe.