Disease Prevalence and Incidence of Sesame Phyllody in Antalya

Sesame phyllody is a phytoplasmal disease of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) reducing the sesame yield. In order to determine prevalence and incidence of the disease, surveys were conducted in Antalya during 2011-2014. For this purpose, surveys were carried out 2 to 5 times to sesame fields per growing season and locations were marked by GPS. In terms of all the years, toward the harvest period, from third week of August to harvest, the disease prevalence was the highest, up to the 100 percent. Maximum disease incidence in average was 11 percent. The four-year survey has shown that phyllody disease is endemic in Antalya. In the surveys, it was observed that phyllody was a widespread disease of sesame plants