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First Report of Leaf Spot of Strawberry Caused by Alternaria tenuissima in Iran

Shima Bagherabadi, Doustmorad Zafari and Mohammad Javad Soleimani

During a survey in autumn of 2013, leaf spots symptoms on strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) leaves were observed in Kurdistan province, Iran. From symptomatic leaves cultured on PDA medium totally 24 isolates of Alternaria were obtained. According to morphological and molecular studies obtained isolates were identified as A. tenuissima. To our knowledge, this is the first report of A. tenuissima on strawberry in Iran