Claim · model-written summary
The pathogen infects unwounded fig tissues.
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Verbatim
t0“branch dieback in fig trees”
e6“Given its broad tissue tropism and ability to infect unwounded tissues in fig orchards”
Title
Thyrostroma parviniae sp. nov., causing bud necrosis and branch dieback in fig trees from Iran
Hamed Negahban; Zeinab Bolboli; Moslem Jafari; et al. PLoS ONE 2026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341992
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation A new species of Thyrostroma, Thyrostroma parviniae sp. nov., was described from fig trees.
- Observation All T. parviniae sp. nov. isolates induced necrotic lesions on detached fig shoots.
- Observation The isolates showed a high degree of variation in aggressiveness.
- Observation Pathogenicity of T. parviniae sp. nov. was established by Koch's postulates with artificial inoculations on fig saplings.
- Observation The pathogen specifically targets primary buds, which are the most productive.
- Mechanism T. parviniae sp. nov. may utilize airborne or latent infection mechanisms.