@ARTICLE{Bagherabadi_Shima_Isolation_2022,
 author={Bagherabadi, Shima and Zafari, Doustmorad},
 volume={vol. 62},
 number={No 1},
 journal={Journal of Plant Protection Research},
 pages={102-106},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={Committee of Plant Protection PAS},
 publisher={Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute},
 abstract={During 2016–2020, a longitudinal bark canker was observed on walnut branches in some of the provinces of Iran. The symptoms appeared on one side of the branches. No visible symptoms were observed on the sapwood after removal of the bark using a blade. In order to detect a potential agent of these symptoms on walnut trees, collected samples were transferred to the laboratory for further investigation. After isolation and purification based on standard methods, a fungus was frequently isolated from symptomatic tissues. Morphological and molecular assays indicated that the responsible agent of this disease was Alternaria malorum, moreover, a pathogenicity test confirmed that A. malorum was pathogenic on walnut trees. To the best of our knowledge, this study represents the first attempt to identify A. malorum as a new causative agent of bark canker on walnut trees in the world.},
 type={Article},
 title={Isolation and characterization of Alternaria malorum as a causal agent of bark canker on walnut trees},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/122564/PDF/140299RC_01_JPPR_62_1_1208_Bagherabadi.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/jppr.2022.140299},
 keywords={Chalastospora gossypii, Cladosporium malorum, fungal pathogen, Juglans regia},
}