Abstract
A new sugarcane leaf spot disease caused by Exserohilum rostratum was found in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran during a series of surveys on fungal species causing sugarcane leaf diseases in 2011. Three single spore derived isolates were obtained from diseased sugarcane leaves and the pathogenicity of each isolate to sugarcane plants was confirmed by inoculation tests based on Koch's postulates. The isolates were identified as members of E. rostratum based on their morphological characters as well as rDNA-ITS (internal transcribed spacer) sequences. This is the first report of leaf blight caused by E. rostratum on S. officinarum in Iran. © 2013 Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.
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Ahmadpour, A., Karami, S., Heidarian, Z., & Javan-Nikkhah, M. (2013). Exserohilum rostratum causing sugarcane leaf spot in Iran. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 8(1), 97–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-013-0105-y
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