Iğneada floodplain forests was investigated. Twenty‐seven soil samples taken from the
rhizosphere of declining trees (without bark symptoms) were baited for Phytophthora. In
total, 311 Phytophthora isolates were obtained following culturing on selective medium. On
the basis of the morphological characteristics and the ITS sequences of the rDNA,
Phytophthora plurivora accounted for 83% of the rhizosphere isolates. In addition to P …