INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND LIGHT CONDITIONS TO COLONY GROWTH OF BROWN ROT FUNGI OF STONE FRUITS IN MONTENEGRO

[...]M. fructicola is called „American brown rot fungus", while M. laxa and M. fructigena are designated as „European brown rot fungi" (Ivić and Novak, 2012). Since M. fructicola is considered the most destructive, in Europe it was regulated firstly as quarantine pest from the A1 pest list of the EPPO region and after its appearance in several European countries it was moved to the A2 pest list (Carstens et al, 2010). Since the disease is widespread in Montenegro causing blossom, branch and twig blight and fruit brown rot on stone fruits, and especially because the new fungal species (M. fructicola) was recently discovered, the aim of our study was investigation of ecological features (temperature and light conditions) of selected Monilinia isolates obtained from different regions and hosts in Montenegro. According to these authors, sporulation was more abundant in the light : dark regime. The effects of climate change, especially changes in temperature can affect the distribution of Monilinia species on different stone fruit hosts which should be considered for the future in the relevant risk analysis and strategies for disease management.