An integrated approach to improve plant protection against olive anthracnose caused by the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex.

ABSTRACT: The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is the most important oil-producing crop of the Mediterranean basin. However, although plant protection measures are regularly applied, disease outbreaks represent an obstacle towards the further development of the sector. Therefore, there is an urge for the improvement of plant protection strategies based on information acquired by the implementation of advanced methodologies. Recently, heavy fungal infections of olive fruits have been recorded in major olive-producing areas of Greece causing devastating yield losses. Thus, initially, we have undertaken the task to identify their causal agent(s) and assess their pathogenicity and sensitivity to fungicides. The disease was identified as the olive anthracnose, and although Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and

SUBMITTER: Kolainis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259717 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature