Abstract
During the growing season of 2012, pomegranate growers in Cyprus indicated that they face a troublesome problem causing fruit decays. This study conducted to identify the pathogen causing fruit decays and determine disease incidence in three different pomegranate cultivars in Cyprus. Disease defined as heart rot caused by fungi: Alternaria spp. Incidence of heart rot was determined as 20.31, 14.91 and 9.82% for the cultivars of Acco, Herskovitz and Wonderful, respectively. The considerable variation among susceptibility of cultivars was supposed to be because of differentiation of flower colour, pollen tastes and etc of pomegranate trees. Key words: Heart rot, Alternaria spp., pomegranate, transmission.
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