Iran is the third largest producer of figs globally, with more than 76.41 tonnes fruit produced per annum. The following pathogens have been recorded on fig (Ficus carica, family Moraceae): Phomopsis cinerascens causing cankers (Banihashemi & Javadi, 2009); Neoscytalidium dimidiatum dieback (Ray et al., 2010); Neofusicoccum parvum stem and twig blight (Aiello 2020); Lasiodiplodia theobromae can...

bacterial canker of stone fruit trees caused by pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae has become widespread throughout most fruit growing areas of iran (abbasi et al 2013). to evaluate the diversity of the strains and possible species inciting the disease in the central areas of the country, surveys were made in 2014 and 2015 in some central provinces including charmahal-and-bakhtiary, isfahan, qum...