MICROBIAL ORGANISMS DETECTED ON JUGLANS REGIA IN EASTERN ANATOLIA, TURKEY

Abstract

From Eastern Part of Anatolia in (Erzurum and Erzincan) 2014-2016 (May-September) from 13 different places and 183 infected walnut trees were collected and kept in the laboratory. Herbarium specimens prepared and cultivated in the medium from fresh leaves, fruits and shoots at 25 degrees C. The collected fungal isolates investigated and identified under the light microscopy. The results of this survey showed that the majority of isolated microbes are fungi and also some different bacterial species isolated. Totally, 17 genera (Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Chaetomium, Drechslera, Fusarium, Melanospora, Microstroma, Ophiognomonia, Penicillium, Phoma, Rhizopus, Mucor, Sclerotinia, Septofusidium, Stemphyllium, and Trichothecium) and 23 species of fungi and 4 genera of bacteria (Bacillus, Erwinia, Xanthomonas, and Pseudomonas) have been identified. According to the survey, there is significant diversity on the walnut shoots which are able to effect on the walnut growth and yield.