DISTRIBUTION AND HARMFUL EFFECTS OF BOTRYTIS CINEREA PERS. – THE CAUSE OF GRAY MOLD DISEASE IN AGRICULTURAL CROPS

Abstract

Botrytis cinerea is a cosmopolitan phytopathogenic fungi which attacks more than 230 different plant species (Giraud et al., 1999; Ma & Michailides, 2005; Zhao et al., 2009; Irinyi et al., 2009), mainly dicotiledons (Williamson et al., 2007) among which there are many economicaly important crops, such as: fruits, vegetables and flower crops (Kerssies et al., 1997; Belen Suarez et al., 2005; Lee et al., 2006; Myresiotis et al., 2007). In Republic of Macedonia, this fungus is considered as most important economic disease in grapes (Jovan~ev, 2005; Pej~inovski i Mitrev, 2009), but is also important cause of gray mold disease in many other crops, such as: tomato, pepper, cucumber, cabbage, lettuce, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry etc. In greenhouse production of vegetables, this fungus causes severe damages, especially in tomato, pepper, egg plant and cucumber production (Jovan~ev, 2005; Kuzmanovska, 2011).Key words: gray mold, Botrytis cinerea, distribution, harmful effects.Fitopatogenata gaba - Botrytis cinerea e kosmopolit, koj napa|a preku 230 razli~ni rastitelni vidovi (Giraud et al., 1999; Ma & Michailides, 2005; Zhao et al., 2009; Irinyi et al., 2009), glavno dikotiledoni (Williamson et al., 2007), od koi golem del se ekonomski zna~ajni: ovo{ni, zelen~ukovi i ukrasni rastitelni vidovi (Kerssies et al., 1997; Belen Suarez et al., 2005; Lee et al., 2006; Myresiotis et al., 2007). Vo Republika Makedonija, ovaa gaba se smeta za ekonomski najzna~ajna kaj lozata (Jovan~ev, 2005; Pej~inovski i Mitrev, 2009), no napa|a i golem broj drugi zemjodelski kulturi kako: domat, piperka, krastavica, zelka, marula, jagoda, malina, kapina i dr. Osobeno golemi {teti pri~inuva kaj domatot, piperkata, modriot patlixan i krastavicata, pri nivno odgleduvawe vo za{titeni prostori (Jovan~ev, 2005; Kuzmanovska, 2011)