Isolation and identification of fungal species associated with dieback of tropical fruits in Sistan and Baluchestan and Kerman provinces

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Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Iranian Research Institute of Plant ProtectionBaluchestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Iranshahr, Iran

2 2. Department of Plant protection. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft.

3 Plant Protection Research Department, Kerman Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Kerman, Iran

4 Plant Diseases Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, AREEO, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

رThe provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan, along with the southern region of Kerman, are recognized as significant areas for producing tropical fruits. The advantageous climatic conditions prevalent in the southern part of the country, particularly in the aforementioned provinces, have contributed to the expansion of cultivated land dedicated to valuable tropical species such as Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi L.), Chico (Manilkara zapota L.), and Guava (Psidium guajava L.). The study aimed to isolate and identify fungi associated with die-back of some tropical fruit trees including Christ’s thorn jujube, Chico, and Guava, having die-back symptoms in Sistan and Baluchistan and Kerman Province. During 2022 and 2023, fungal isolation was done using a single spore and hyphal tip method. Seventy-one isolates with die-back symptoms were obtained from 150 samples and identified by morphological criteria. Finally, five fungal isolates with distinct morphological characteristics were selected for DNA extraction and nucleotide homology determination. To confirm the morphological identification, the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS) and Elongation factor-1α (tef-1α) genomic regions were sequenced. Maximum Parsimony method for Lasiodiplodia isolates (ITS and tef-1α gene regions) and Neocosmospora isolates (tef-1α) in phylogeny analysis was used. The identified species in most locations included Neocosmospora solani on Christ’s thorn jujube, Chico and Guava, and Lasiodiplodia theobromae on Christ’s thorn jujube, which are reported for the first time in Iran.

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Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science

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Available Online from 18 January 2025

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  • Receive Date: 18 August 2024
  • Revise Date: 11 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 18 January 2025

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