Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 40b
  • Issue: 1

Prospecting for Apple Tree Diseases in Tizi-Ouzou Region, Algeria

  • Author:
  • Guermah Dyhia1, Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja1, Lakabi Lynda1
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Published Online: Jul 13, 2021
  • Page Number: 1 to 7

1Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes. Influence des variations climatiques. Département de biologie. Faculte des sciences biologiques et des sciences agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri deTizi-Ouzou15000. Algérie

*Corresponding Author: Guermah Dyhia Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes. Influence des variations climatiques. Département de biologie. Faculté des sciences biologiques et des sciences agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri deTizi-Ouzou15000. Algérie E-mail: guermah.dyhia.d@gmail.com

Abstract

The apple tree Malus domestica is subject to a wide range of diseases, which can be fungal, bacterial or viral; these diseases can seriously impair its growth and production. By weekly monitoring, we identified four major diseases that have established themselves in apple orchards on four varieties: Anna, Golden delicious, Red delicious and Dorset golden, in Tizi-Ouzouarea. These diseases are fungal disease: scab, powdery mildew, and canker; and of the bacterial order: fire blight.

Keywords

Apple tree, Diseases, Fungal, Bacterial, Tizi-ouzou