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Phylogeny, Morphology and Pathogenicity of Biscogniauxia mediterranea Causing Charcoal Canker Disease on Quercus brantii in Southern Iran

  • Samaneh, Ahmadi (Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yasouj University) ;
  • Fariba, Ghaderi (Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yasouj University) ;
  • Habiballah, Charehgani (Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yasouj University) ;
  • Soraya, Karami (Department of Agriculture, Payame Noor University (PNU)) ;
  • Dariush, Safaee (Plant Protection Research Department, Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO)
  • Received : 2022.08.25
  • Accepted : 2022.11.30
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

Charcoal canker of oak, which has recently increased in southern Iran, could pose a serious threat to the entire forest ecosystem in the near future. In addition, it seems that climate change and its consequences, such as drought in the southern regions of Iran, have exacerbated this phenomenon. Consequently, the objective of this study was to identify the fungal pathogens that could cause charcoal canker disease in the oak forests of South Zagros. It was also sought to find associations between changes in the occurrence/exacerbation of charcoal canker disease under non and intense drought stress in non-inoculated or inoculated Quercus brantii seedlings. In total, 120 isolates were obtained from eight oak forests located in the Zagros Mountains of Southern Iran, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad and Fars provinces, which were classified as Biscogniauxia mediterranea based on morphological assessment. Subsequently, molecular assay confirmed the result by phylogenetic inference of internal transcribed spacer-rDNA regions, α-actin, and β-tubulin genes. The results of the pathogenicity test showed that the response of isolates of B. mediterranea (Iran-G1 and Iran-M70) was varied in different environments for the measured necrotic lesion length. In comparison with the control moisture treatments (non-stress), the necrotic lesion length in inoculated treatments increased under intense drought stress. In general, inoculated oak seedlings' exposure to water-deficient stress by the pathogen of B. mediterranea could affect the spread/severity of the charcoal canker disease.

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The authors thank the Yasouj University for financial support.

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