First report of Alternaria mali causing apple leaf blotch disease in Iran
Mohammad Javad Soleimani A B and Marzieh Esmailzadeh AA Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.
B Corresponding author. Email: agrms@basu.ac.ir
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 57-58 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07023
Submitted: 15 January 2007 Accepted: 29 March 2007 Published: 19 April 2007
Abstract
A severe foliar disease was observed on apple trees in the north-western part of Iran in 2006. Symptoms included black and dark brown leaf spots on leaves of apple trees. Alternaria mali was isolated from all diseased leaves. This is the first report of Alternaria leaf blotch on apple in Iran.
Acknowledgements
Partial financial support for this work by the Research Council of Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran is gratefully acknowledged.
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