New record of the oomycete Pustula junggarensis (Albuginales, Oomycota) from Iran

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture. University of Zabol. Zabol. Iran.

3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture University of Zabol

4 Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

5 Department of Plant Protection-Faculty of Agriculture-University of Zabol

6 Plant Protection Dep., Faculty of Agriculture. University of Zabol. Zabol. Iran.

Abstract

The oomycete pathogens causing white blister rusts on members of Asteridae comprise different species within the genus Pustula (Albuginales, Oomycota). During the collection of white blister rust specimens in the South Khorasan province (eastern Iran) in April 2019, a specimen collected from Takhtajaniantha pusilla (Asteraceae), was identified morphologically as Pustula junggarensis (Albuginales, Oomycota). BLAST search using the ITS nrDNA sequence data, confirmed the identification. Also, the phylogenetic analysis using cox2 sequences clustered the species in the same clade with P. junggarensis sequences from China. This is the first record of P. junggarensis in Iran. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a disease caused by a causative fungal/fungal-like agent on T. pusilla in Iran.

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Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology
Volume 58, Issue 4
January 2024
Pages 273-280

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