Symptomology of Major Fungal Diseases on Olive and Its Management

Abstract

The olive tree count among the most important oil-producing crops throughout the Mediterranean region. It has nutritional, social, economic, phytotherapeutic and ecological importance. All of the olive tree diseases cause considerable drops in yield and represent a permanent threat to olive growing in the world. The main fungal diseases of the olive are: Verticillium wilts, Root rot fungi, Sooty mold, Peacock spot, Anthracnose, Cercospora leaf spot of olives and Dalmaticosis of the olive. In this article we have cited for each disease the main symptoms and their means of control.