New species of Bipolaris and Curvularia on poaceous plants in Iran (3)

In the present study, four species of Bipolaris viz. B. salkadehensis, B. coicis, B. ellisii, and B. maydis and two species of Curvularia viz. C. tuberculata and C. comoriensis were isolated and identified from different poaceous species. Bipolaris coicis on Coix lacryma-jobi, B. ellisii on Zea mays, C. tuberculata on Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor, Cyperus rotundus and C. comoriensis on Oryza sativa are new records for mycobiota of Iran. Moreover, B. salkadehensis species is first report on Sparganium erectum and Cladium mariscus in Iran. Phylogenetic relationships of some Bipolaris and Curvularia species were studied based on sequencing of rDNA-ITS region.