First Report of Stemphylium Eturmiunum E.G. Simmons and S. Vesicarium Causing Early Blight on Tomato Plants in Iraq

Abstract

Early blight diseases caused for first record by S. eturmiunum and S. vesicarium that were investigated in tomato plants isolated in December 2019, from the farms of Al-Zubair and Safwan in Basrah Governorate, Iraq. The morphological and molecular Identification were adopted for the relevant fungi. Due to the pathogenicity of these fungi, treatment methods and affluent control measures must be taken to avoid the loss of important food crops.