Author/Authors :
Vardasbi, H Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture and Natural Resources - University of Tehran - Karaj, Iran , Saremi, H Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture and Natural Resources - University of Tehran - Karaj, Iran , Fotouhifar, Kh.-B. Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture and Natural Resources - University of Tehran - Karaj, Iran , Javan-Nikkhah, M Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture and Natural Resources - University of Tehran - Karaj, Iran , Kaveh, H Department of Plant Production - College of Agriculture and Natural Resources - University of Torbat Heydariyeh - Khorasan Razavi, Iran
Abstract :
In an investigation of the biodiversity of endophytic fungal species associated with saffron plant in Iran's main saffron cultivation regions, five isolates belong to Talaromyces genus were obtained. The isolates identified as Talaromyces versatilis, T. aurantiacus, T. pinophilus, T. funiculosus, and T. purpureogenus by morphological and molecular criteria. To our knowledge, two species, including Talaromyces versatilis and T. aurantiacus are the first reports to the mycobiota of Iran.
Keywords :
sampling , phylogeny , morphology , β–tubulin gene
