Mohammad Javad Soleimani
West Indies
Short Communication
First Report of Leaf Spot of Strawberry Caused by Alternaria tenuissima in Iran
Author(s): Shima Bagherabadi, Doustmorad Zafari and Mohammad Javad Soleimani
Shima Bagherabadi, Doustmorad Zafari and Mohammad Javad Soleimani
During a survey in autumn of 2013, leaf spots symptoms on strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) leaves were observed in Kurdistan province, Iran. From symptomatic leaves cultured on PDA medium totally 24 isolates of Alternaria were obtained. According to morphological and molecular studies obtained isolates were identified as A. tenuissima. To our knowledge, this is the first report of A. tenuissima on strawberry in Iran
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DOI:
10.4172/2157-7471.1000258