Characterization of Cylindrocarpon liriodendri Associated with Black Foot Disease of Grapevine in Iran |
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| Authors: | Hamid Mohammadi Sandra Alaniz Zia Banihashemi and Josep Armengol |
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| Institution: | Authors' addresses: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran;;Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022-Valencia, Spain (correspondence to J. Armengol. E-mail: ) |
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| Abstract: | Eight Cylindrocarpon isolates recovered from the trunk bases of 10-year-old grapevines showing decline symptoms from two vineyards in Bavanat (Fars province, south-western Iran) were studied. Based on phenotypical characteristics, mating experiments and molecular data, they were identified as Cylindrocarpon liriodendri. Pathogenicity was confirmed with selected isolates inoculated into 8-month-old dormant rooted cuttings of grapevine rootstock cv. 110 Richter. This is the first report of C. liriodendri causing black foot disease of grapevines in Iran. |
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| Keywords: | grapevine decline Iran Vitis spp |
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