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This study is the first confirmed worldwide report of Lonsdalea britannica causing foamy bacterial canker on almond.
- Taxon
- almond
Prunus dulcise4 - Interactor
- L. britannicaLonsdalea britannicae4pathogen
- Outcome
- first confirmed report worldwidee4
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Verbatim
e4“This study constitutes the first confirmed report worldwide of L. britannica causing foamy bacterial canker on almond”
Title
Foamy bacterial canker of almond caused by Lonsdalea britannica in Iran
Naser Amanifar; Majid Siampour Plant Disease 2026. doi:10.1094/pdis-02-26-0414-sr
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- Observation A Gram-negative bacterium was consistently isolated from 259 symptomatic almond samples, yielding 118 isolates identified as Lonsdalea britannica.
- Observation Lonsdalea britannica pathogenicity was confirmed on the almond cultivars Ferragnès and Mamaee in detached shoot assays.
- Observation Greenhouse inoculations on almond seedlings fulfilled Koch's postulates for Lonsdalea britannica.
- Observation Symptoms of foamy bacterial canker emerged in late spring and produced sunken necrotic lesions on almond.
- Observation Infected almond trees succumbed to the disease within two to three years.