FIRST REPORT OF BACTERIAL CANKER OF KIWIFRUIT IN IRAN

Authors
MAZAREI M MOSTOFIPOUR P
Citation
M. Mazarei et P. Mostofipour, FIRST REPORT OF BACTERIAL CANKER OF KIWIFRUIT IN IRAN, Plant Pathology, 43(6), 1994, pp. 1055-1056
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Plant Pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320862
Volume
43
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1055 - 1056
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0862(1994)43:6<1055:FROBCO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Symptoms of bacterial canker of kiwifruit consisting of darkening and shrivelling along the bark were observed in kiwifruit orchards in Tonk abon, Iran. Longitudinal sections showed darkening of cortical and woo dy tissues. A fluorescent pseudomonad was consistently isolated from c anker tissues. According to biochemical, physiological and pathogenici ty tests the causal agent was identified as Pseudomonas syringae pv. s yringae. This is the first report of the disease in Iran.