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Jafar Abdollahzadeh

Jafar Abdollahzadeh

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 22133801400
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
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Research

Title
Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Botryosphaeria and Neofusicoccum species in Iran, with description of Botryosphaeria scharifii sp. nov
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Botryosphaeriaceae, Botryosphaeria, Fusicoccum, ITS, Neofusicoccum, Phylogeny, tef1-a
Year
2013
Journal Mycologia
DOI
Researchers Jafar Abdollahzadeh ، Rasoul Zare ، Alan Phillips

Abstract

Species of Botryosphaeriaceae are important pathogens and endophytes associated with different woody plants. Botryosphaeria and Neofusicoccum are two well-known genera of the family. In this study 125 isolates morphologically resembling members of this family were collected from about 20 different fruit and forest trees in Iran. Based on morphology, MSP-PCR profile and DNA sequence data (ITS and tef1-a) four species were identified. Of these, Botryosphaeria dothidea, Neofusicoccum mediterraneum and N. parvum are known while Botryosphaeria scharifii is described here as a new species. N. mediterraneum is a new record for Iran and is reported here for the first time on mango trees. High level of diversity within Iranian population of N. parvum suggests the need to revise and reassess the morphological species description of N. parvum and closely related species