Isolation and pathogenicity tests of Iranian cultures of the shot hole pathogen of Prunus species, Wilsonomyces carpophilus
A. Ahmadpour A , Y. Ghosta B , M. Javan-Nikkhah A C , R. Fatahi A and K. Ghazanfari AA Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran.
B Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Iran.
C Corresponding author. Email: jnikkhah@ut.ac.ir
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 133-134 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09054
Submitted: 30 May 2009 Accepted: 30 November 2009 Published: 14 December 2009
Abstract
During spring and summer of 2007, 76 fungal isolates were recovered from different Prunus species in West Azerbaijan and Tehran provinces of Iran. Based on morphological characteristics, all isolates were identified as Wilsonomyces carpophilus. The occurrence of shot hole disease symptoms on almond, plum, peach and nectarine fruits, apricot twigs in orchards was observed. The first pathogenicity tests with W. carpophilus in Iran, using seven Prunus species, are reported.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Dr Mina Rastgou from University of Urmia for her assistance.
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