POWDERY MILDEW ON CAROB FIRST RECORDED IN the Green Mountain Area of Libya Salh. Hussen Elmagbary

• A. A. Azzoux

  Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda - Libya, p. B. 919.

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• M. T. Ben-Mahmoud

  Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda, Libya

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Surveys and primay investigation were conducted to investigate powdery mildew disease on CAROB (Ceratonia siligua. L) in seven Regions: Al- waseitah, Al-Haniah, Al-Hamamah, Omar Al-Mukhtar, Massah, Al- Ghareika, and Wadi- Alkuff in the Green Mountain area of Libya. The causal organism was identifies as Oidium Ceratonia based on the pres- ence of the conidial stage which was ob- served and isolated from infected leaf samples. The Powdery Mildew disease was Found in all studied regions at different levels of infection. The highest level of infection 80% was found in wadi- Al- kuff. the second level 60% at Al- Waseitah and Al-Haniah, while Al- Hamamah, Omar Al-Mukhtar, Massah and Al-Ghareika all showed infection levels of 40.

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