Host range, geographical distribution and current accepted names of cercosporoid and ramularioid species in Iran

Abstract

Comprehensive up to date information of cercosporoid and ramularioid species of Iran is given with their hosts, geographical distribution and references. A total of 186 taxa belonging to 24 genara are listed. Among them, 134 taxa were belonged to 16 Cercospora and Cercospora-like genera viz. Cercospora (62 species), Cercosporidium (1 species), Clypeosphaerella (1 species), Fulvia (1 species), Graminopassalora (1 species), Neocercospora (1 species), Neocercosporidium (1 species), Nothopassalora (1 species), Paracercosporidium (1 species), Passalora (21 species), Pseudocercospora (36 species), Rosisphaerella (1 species), Scolecostigmina (2 species), Sirosporium (2 species), Sultanimyces (1 species) and Zasmidium (1 species); and 52 taxa were belonged to 8 Ramularia and Ramularia-like genera viz. Cercosporella (2 species), Microcyclosporella (1 species), Neoovularia (2 species), Neopseudocercosporella (1 species), Neoramularia (2 species), Ramularia (42 species), Ramulariopsis (1 species) and Ramulispora (1 species). Key words -anamorphic fungi -biodiversity -Cercospora-like genera -Ramularia-like generawest of Asia

Polyphasic taxonomy of four passalora-like taxa occurring on fruit and forest trees

“…are devastating plant pathogens on a wide range of economically important woody and herbaceous plants worldwide, including Iran Among taxa of Passalora s. lat. known from Iran (Bakhshi et al 2012;Pirnia 2019), so far only the identity of one species, Nothopassalora personata, has been con rmed based on DNA sequence data (Bakhshi and Zare 2020). During the course of the present study, passalora-like fungi associated with leaf spot symptoms of different trees of the Fabaceae, Malvaceae, Rosaceae, and Ulmaceae were subjected to a multi-gene phylogeny (LSU, ITS and RPB2).…”

“…In Iran, the causal agent of the leaf spot disease of Prunus spp. has been reported as Passalora circumscissa based on morphological data (Pirnia 2019). During this study, we prepared living cultures of several isolates of a passalora-like taxon associated with leaf spot diseases of cherry and sour cherry from different provinces of Iran, and the isolates were morphologically and molecularly analyzed.…”

Polyphasic Taxonomy of Four Passalora-like Taxa Occurring on Fruit and Forest Trees

“…are devastating plant pathogens on a wide range of economically important woody and herbaceous plants worldwide, including Iran Among taxa of Passalora s. lat. known from Iran (Bakhshi et al 2012;Pirnia 2019), so far only the identity of one species, Nothopassalora personata, has been con rmed based on DNA sequence data (Bakhshi and Zare 2020). During the course of the present study, passalora-like fungi associated with leaf spot symptoms of different trees of the Fabaceae, Malvaceae, Rosaceae, and Ulmaceae were subjected to a multi-gene phylogeny (LSU, ITS and RPB2).…”