PLANT DISEASE, cilt.104, ss.974, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
Cavendish banana is a valuable agricultural crop along the Mediterranean Coast of
Turkey with 369,000t of production that meets 67.7% of domestic demand (Anonymous,
2018). During a survey of banana greenhouses in Alanya, Anamur and Gazipasa cities
along the Mediterranean coast, plants showing severe wilt symptoms and collapse were
detected in March-2018. Yellowing of the oldest leaves that split at their base, brownish
streaks of the vascular tissue of pseudostems, and root necrosis were observed on
Cavendish 'Grand Naine'. Disease incidence in the greenhouses in Alanya, Anamur and
Gazipasa cities were calculated as 17.8%, 86.2% and 10%, respectively. Symptomatic
tissues (140 pieces for each greenhouse) were surface sterilized with 2.5% NaOCl
solution for 3 min and rinsed in sterile distilled water twice and placed onto potato
dextrose agar (PDA) with 150 mg/liter streptomycin-sulphate to isolate fungal
pathogens. Fusarium-like colonies were obtained from the majority of tissues (72%) and
single spores were subcultured onto fresh PDA for accurate identi