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The article reports the occurrence of crater rot caused by Rhizoctonia carotae on carrots in Turkey. Primary symptoms seen were a band of dark brown necrosis around the carrot crown and horizontal, brown, canker-like lesions, mostly on the crown and upper roots. Small pits subsequently developed beneath the lesions, which enlarged into sunken brown crater lines with a white, flocculent mycelium produced under high humidity. Fungal colonies were initially white, but turned brown with age. Dark brown to black sclerotia were occasionally produced.

In the winter of 2002, typical symptoms of powdery mildew were observed on leek plants in the Arsuz district, located in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Initially symptoms consisted of the extensive growth of a white, superficial powdery coating on the abaxial leaf surface. Newly infected leaves had a sparse covering of powdery mildew. As the disease progressed, white mycelial growth completely covered both leaf surfaces. Three weeks after initial observation, 71.7% of leeks were affected. The fungus produced mostly simple, straight, septate conidiophores arising from endophytic mycelium through stomata.