First report of Coniothyrium minitans, a mycoparasite of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, in Iran
M. R. OjaghianDepartment of Plant Protection, Agriculture Faculty, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran. Email: smro59@gmail.com
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 75-77 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09032
Submitted: 6 July 2009 Accepted: 16 July 2009 Published: 3 August 2009
Abstract
To study possible biocontrol agents against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on potato plants in Hamadan, Iran, a sampling of sclerotia was conducted in potato fields, and after culturing one of these sclerotia on potato dextrose agar, a coelomycetous fungus was observed. After fulfilment of Koch’s postulates and assessment of morphological characteristics, this fungus was identified as Coniothyrium minitans. This is reported for the first time in Iran.
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