FIRST REPORT OF EPICHLOE SYLVATICA ON Brachypodium pinnatum GRASS FROM IRAN

AMANMOHAMMAD KOMAKI¹*, MOHAMMAD ALI AGHAJANI², ZOHAIB UL HASSAN^3
1Department of Plant Protection, Research Center of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Golestan province, Gorgan, Iran
²Department of Plant Protection, Research Center of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Golestan province, Gorgan, Iran.
³Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
* Corresponding Author : amkomaki@gmail.com

Received : 03-04-2017     Accepted : 13-04-2017     Published : 30-04-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 20       Pages : 4209 - 4210
Int J Agr Sci 9.20 (2017):4209-4210

Keywords : Epichloe, Brachypodium, Endophyte, Biodiversity, Iran
Academic Editor : Ansari Rizwan Ali
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to 1Department of Plant Protection, Research Center of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Golestan province, Gorgan, Iran
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The aim of this study was identification of the endophytic fungus on Brachypodium pinnatum plants from forests of Northern part of Iran. According to the investigation, the grass was infected with Epichloë sylvatica Leuchtm. & Schardl 1998 and this fungus is a new record for Iranian mycoflora and reports for first time

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