Investigation of Symptoms and Hosts of Semi Parasite Plant Species in East Mediterranean and Central Anatolia Region of Turkey

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This study was carried out to determine the symptoms and hosts ofthe semi parasitic plant species causing problems on the forest andfruit trees in the East Mediterranean (Kahramanmaras) and CentralAnatolia region (Nigde) in 2012-2016. When these semi parasiticplants appear on the plants, they can cause swelling at the germinatedsites of branches of their host and resulting backward tissue drying.It has also been observed to cause the host to die completely in somehost such as almonds and apricot. The study was conducted in Nigde,through the Mistletoe survey performed on some fruit and park treesand the results indicated that a subspecies of semi parasitic. Viscumalbum naming Viscum album ssp. album was living on these trees.The whitethorn, wild pear, Ankara pear, almond, Braeburn apple,plum, apricot, sour cherry, locust, Canada poplar and willow werefound to be the host for Viscum album ssp. album. Other mistletoespecies; Viscum album ssp. abietis was seen on Taurus fir and Tauruscedar while Viscum album subsp. austriacum on Pinus nigra subsp.pallasiana.In Kahramanmaras, Dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium oxycedri) wasseen on Small fruited pine (Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus),Crimean juniper (Juniperus excelsa Bieb.) and Syrian juniper(Juniperus drupacea Labill.); Yellow mistletoe (Loranthus europaeus)was seen on Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) and Aleppo oak (Quercusinfectoria); White mistletoe (Viscum album subsp. abietis) on Taurusfir (Abies cilicia subsp. cilicica) and Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani);Pine mistletoe (V. album subsp. austriacum) was seen on Pinus nigra(Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana). On the other hand, Viscum album ssp.album was not found on any host in Kahramanmaras.