Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
10.22043/MI.2022.360139.1234
Abstract
Large flowered pelargonium(Pelargoniumgrandiflorum) is a perspective flowering crop which is distributed around the world. The area of its application is quite wide: from room floriculture to design the gardens and parks. Observation of leaf spot symptoms on this plant, which was collected from Alborz province (Karaj) motivated us to find the causal agent(s) of the disease. So, the symptomatic parts were cultured on the PDA medium after surface sterilization. Two fungal colonies were appeared on the culture medium. They were identified as Alternaria alternata and Botrytiscinerea according to the morphological characterizations. Molecular study using the gapdh for Alternaria and ITS regions and rpb2 gene for Botrytis confirmed the result of the morphological identification. In the pathogenicity tests, the same spots on inoculated plants with Alternaria and the same spots plus gray mold symptoms and fungal body on leaves, buds and stems of the inoculated plants with Botrytis were another confirmation. Based on our knowledge, this is the first report of these two fungal species on the Pelargoniumgrandiflorum in Iran.
Fekrikohan, S., Atashi Khalilabad, A., Fotouhifar, K., & Sharifnabi, B. (2022). First report of Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata on Pelargonium grandiflorum in Iran. Mycologia Iranica, 9(1), 105-115. doi: 10.22043/MI.2022.360139.1234
MLA
Sepideh Fekrikohan; A Atashi Khalilabad; Kh.-B. Fotouhifar; B. Sharifnabi. "First report of Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata on Pelargonium grandiflorum in Iran". Mycologia Iranica, 9, 1, 2022, 105-115. doi: 10.22043/MI.2022.360139.1234
HARVARD
Fekrikohan, S., Atashi Khalilabad, A., Fotouhifar, K., Sharifnabi, B. (2022). 'First report of Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata on Pelargonium grandiflorum in Iran', Mycologia Iranica, 9(1), pp. 105-115. doi: 10.22043/MI.2022.360139.1234
VANCOUVER
Fekrikohan, S., Atashi Khalilabad, A., Fotouhifar, K., Sharifnabi, B. First report of Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata on Pelargonium grandiflorum in Iran. Mycologia Iranica, 2022; 9(1): 105-115. doi: 10.22043/MI.2022.360139.1234
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