Identification and Characterization of Species Associated with Bitter Rot Disease of Apple in South Korea.

Bitter rot caused by species is a common fruit rotting disease of apple and one of the economically important disease in worldwide. In 2015 and 2016, distinct symptoms of bitter rot disease were observed in apple orchards in five regions of South Korea. In the present study, infected apples from these regions were utilized to obtain eighteen isolates of spp.