First report of Septoria leaf spot of pistachio in Iran

M. A. Aghajani; B. Aghapour; T. J. Michailides

doi:10.1071/DN09012

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First report of Septoria leaf spot of pistachio in Iran

M. A. Aghajani ^A ^D , B. Aghapour ^B and T. J. Michailides ^C

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^A Department of Plant Protection Research, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Golestan Province, Gorgan, Iran.

^B Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

^C Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis/ Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier 93648, USA.

^D Corresponding author. Email: maaghajanina@yahoo.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 29-31 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09012
Submitted: 5 November 2008 Accepted: 12 March 2009 Published: 20 April 2009

Abstract

During the summer of 2008, a severe foliar disease was observed on pistachio trees in Golestan Province, in northern Iran. Signs and symptoms of the disease were abundant pycnidia followed by brown spots on leaves. Septoria pistacina was consistently isolated from all the diseased leaves. This is the first report of Septoria leaf spot on pistachio in Iran.

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