Yuzuncu Yil University Journal of Agricultural Sciences, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.142-149, 2021 (Scopus)
A total of 98 diseased seedlings of 14 different landscape plants were collected from Gaziantep forest nursery chief, Osmaniye forest nursery chief, Hatay Serinyol forest nursery chief and HMKU campus nursery. Soil-borne disease factors were identified in 81 of these samples. When morphological results are evaluated for the identification of these agents; disease agents from different hosts were identified as 12 of Ceratobacidium sp, 8 of Fusarium, 14 of Macrophomina, 13 of Rhizoctonia, 4 of Phytophthora, 10 of Dactylonectria, and the remaining 20 of Phoma, Pestalotiopsis, Diaporthe, Didymella, and Neopestalotiopsis. Within the scope of molecular studies, PCR studies were conducted with ITS1-4 primer and according to DNA sequencing results species level diagnoses were made. Representative of 16 isolates accession numbers are obtained from NCBI Gen bank library. Consequently, effective and sustainable implementation of all kinds of combat methods in nurseries, taking into consideration the health of the saplings, will have an important place in the protection of landscape areas.