Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Chang-Gi Back 1 and Hee-Young Jung
1School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
2Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
Correspondence to heeyoung@knu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September 30, 2014, 42(3):183-190.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2014.42.3.183
Received: September 29, 2014; Revised: September 29, 2014; Accepted: September 29, 2014
Published: September 30, 2014.
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Apple blotch is a major apple disease and recently it causes critical economic losses in apple orchards in Korea. In this review, we described the history of apple blotch researches, ecology and life cycle of Marssonina coronaria, cultural and molecular characteristics and simple isolation method as well. Furthermore, characteristic of apple blotch like symptoms, its cause still unknown, occurs frequently in cv. “Fuji” was described in detail.
Apple blotch, Biological characterization, Marssonina coronaria, Phylogeny