Tarbiat Modares University Journal of Crop Protection 2251-9041 4 1 2015 03 01 First record of Botryosphaeria dothidea associated with pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) panicle blight in Iran 39 42 1186 10.48311/jcp.2015.1186 EN Hamid Mohammadi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman Iran. Mehdi Sarcheshmehpour Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. Ebrahim Mafi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman Iran. Journal Article During spring and summer of 2012, a disease characterized by panicle blight was observed on some pistachio (<em>Pistacia vera </em>L.) trees grown in Kerman province. Eighteen isolates of a Botryosphaeriaceae were obtained from affected panicles. Based on morphological and molecular characteristics, isolates were identified as <em>Botrysphaeria dothidea</em>. To our knowledge, this is the first report of <em>B. dothidea</em> associated with pistachio panicles in Iran. https://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article_1186_2b6d65b9a9445c4271ab9076ead5605a.pdf