Department of Plant Protection
The Department of Plant Protection, founded in 1992, offers a B.S. program in “plant protection”, a M.S. program in “Plant pathology”, and a Ph.D. program in “Agricultural Entomology”.
The Master’s program of the Department of Plant Protection started from 1997. Students who participate in this program can study in the following areas:
- Plant Pathogen Identification including: Fungi, Prokaryotes, Viruses and Nematodes
- Plant disease diagnosis
- Non-pathogenic plant disease identification
- Important plant pest identification
- Plant disease and pest management and toxicology
Educational areas of specialization in this program are:
- Plant Pathology: Mycology, Virology, Plant Pathogenic Prokaryotes and Nematology
- Entomology: Biological Control and Insect Pathology, Ecology and Management, Systematics, and Toxicology branches.
The Doctoral Program at the Department of Plant Protection started admitting Ph.D. candidates in 2007. This program focuses on the following subjects:
- Plant Pathogen Identification including: Fungi, Prokaryotes, Viruses and Nematodes
- Plant disease diagnosis
- Non-pathogenic plant disease identification
- Important plant pest identification
- Plant disease and pest management and toxicology
Educational areas of specialization are:
- Plant Pathology: Mycology, Virology, Plant Pathogenic Prokaryotes and Nematology
- Entomology: Biological Control and Insect Pathology, Ecology and Management, Systematics, and Toxicology branches. More
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Saeed Tarighi |
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| Department of Plant protection |
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| starighi@um.ac.ir |
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Academic staff
Research
Recent journal articles
Sahebi, M., Tarighi, S., & Taheri, P. (2022). The Arac‐like transcriptional regulator YqhC is involved in pathogenicity of
Erwinia amylovora. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 132 (2), 1319-1329.
Allahverdi, M., Vladimir G. Radchenko, Fekrat, L., Sadeghi Namaghi, H., & Ahmad Nadimi (2022). A Checklist of the bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) of Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 8 (1), 15-34.
Taheri, P., & Joseph Flaherty (2022). Beneficial microorganisms in agriculture. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 117 (), 101777-101777.
Hosseini, M., & Peter Schausberger (2022). Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhance Defense of Strawberry Plants Against Spider Mites. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 (), -.
Rostami Daroonkola, M., Tarighi, S., Heshmat Rahimian, & Taheri, P. (2022). Characterisation of rice-associated antagonistic pseudomonads and their application in combination with plant resistance inducer molecules for the control of sheath blight disease of rice. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 32 (2), 236-261.
Ghadamgahi, F., Tarighi, S., Taheri, P., Ganapathi Varma Saripella, Alice Anzalone, Pruthvi Balachandra Kalyandurg, Vittoria Catara, Rodomiro Ortiz (2022). Plant Growth-Promoting Activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa FG106 and Its Ability to Act as a Biocontrol Agent against Potato, Tomato and Taro Pathogens. Biology, 11 (1), 140-152.
Hossein Pour Jajarm, F., Moravvej, G., Modarres Awal, M., & Shiva Golmohammadzadeh (2022). Application of a nanoformulation based on essential oil against Ephestia kuehniella larvae: Characterization and bioactivity. Journal of Crop Protection, 10 (4), 745-758.
Ghanei Ghooshkhaneh, N., Golzarian, M., & Mamarabadi, M. (2022). Withdrawn: Spectral pattern study of citrus black rot caused by
Alternaria alternata
and selecting optimal wavelengths for decay detection. Food Science and Nutrition, 10 (6), 1694-1706.
Fekrat, L., & Farashi, A. (2022). Impacts of climatic changes on the worldwide potential geographical dispersal range of the leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina (L.) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Global Ecology and Conservation, 34 (), e02050-10.
Abbasali Emamjomeh, Shokouhifar, F., Mamarabadi, M., & Nafiseh Mehdinezhad (2022). Differentiation of an Iranian resistance chickpea line to Ascochyta blight from a susceptible line using a functional SNP. AMB Express, 12 (1), -.
Notghi Moghadam, S., Sadeghi Namaghi, H., & Saeed Moodi (2022). Plant-mediated effects of water-deficit stress on the performance of the jujube lace bug, Monosteira alticarinata Ghauri (Hemiptera: Tingidae) on Jujube tree. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 25 (2), 101917-8.
Moravvej, G., Heidari Latibari, M. (2022). New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 08 (2), 207-218.
Kheiry, F., Taheri, P., & Saeideh Jafarinejad-farsangi (2022). Thiamine and Piriformospora indica induce bean resistance against Rhizoctonia solani: The role of polyamines in association with iron and reactive oxygen species. Biological Control, 172 (), 104955-104968.
Fayaz, M., Mahdikhani Moghadam, E. (2022). Morphological and molecular characterisation of Xiphinema index populations in vineyards from Southwestern Iran. Russian Journal of Nematology, 30 (1), 11-17.
Khandehroo, F., Moravvej, G., Farhadian, N., & Ahmadzadeh, H. (2022). Polymeric nanoparticles containing different oils as insecticides against the storage pest
Tribolium castaneum
(Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 139 (41), -.
Naseri, A., Zohreh Moradi, Mehrvar, M., & Zaki Aghl, M. (2022). Genomic Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Two Potyviruses Infecting Iris in Iran. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 24 (5), 1233-1249.
Zohreh Moradi, & Mehrvar, M. (2022). First report of
Narcissus latent virus
infecting iris in Iran. New Disease Reports, 46 (1), -.
Zohreh Moradi, & Mehrvar, M. (2022). The first whole genome sequence and characterization of narcissus latent virus based on metagenomic analysis of iris in Iran; analyses of the genetic structure of the virus. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 164 (4), 601-611.
Taheri, E., Tarighi, S., & Taheri, P. (2022). Characterization of root endophytic Paenibacillus polymyxa isolates with biocontrol activity against Xanthomonas translucens and Fusarium graminearum. Biological Control, 174 (10), 105031-105050.
Taheri, P. (2022). Crosstalk of nitro-oxidative stress and iron in plant immunity. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 191 (), 137-149.
Kuhestani, K., Karimi, J., Ebrahim Shokoohi, & Makhdoumi, A. (2022). Description of Oscheius cyrus n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) as new entomopathogenic nematode from Iran. Journal of Helminthology, 96 (), -.
Daroodi, Z., Taheri, P., & Tarighi, S. (2022). Acrophialophora jodhpurensis: an endophytic plant growth promoting fungus with biocontrol effect against Alternaria alternata. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13 (), -.
Heidari Latibari, M., Moravvej, G., Ehsan Rakhshani, Karimi, J., & Diana Carolina Arias-penna (2022). A host record for a strictly specific aphid parasitoid Aphidius smithi (Braconidae: Aphidiinae): the food plant-host aphid-parasitoid association puzzle acquires a new piece. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 32 (12), 1389-1402.
Allahverdi, M., Radchenko V.g, Fekrat, L., Sadeghi Namaghi, H., & Ahmad Nadimi (2022). NEW AND ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE SWEAT BEES OF HALICTUS GENUS-GROUP (HYMENOPTERA APOIDEA HALICTIDAE) FROM IRAN. Redia - Giornale Di Zoologia, 105 (), 115-121.
Asadi Sardari, A., Mahdikhani Moghadam, E., & Zaki Aghl, M. (2022). The biochemical changes in two moderately resistant and highly susceptible tomato cultivars at the later stages of Meloidogyne javanica infectio. Nematology, aop (1), 1-19.
Elham Jamshidi, Sergio Murolo, Baghaee Ravari, S., Mohammad Salehi, & Gianfranco Romanazzi (2022). Multilocus Genotyping of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma Solani’ Associated with Grapevine Bois Noir in Iran. Biology, 11 (6), 835-844.
Mohammadnejad Aghdam, N., Baghaee Ravari, S., & Shiri, A. (2022). Antimicrobial capacity of Pseudomonas brassicacearum strain EnPb against potato soft rot agent. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 165 (2), 215-231.
Tavuosi, M., Zohreh Moradi, & Mehrvar, M. (2022). First report of Turnip mosaic virus infecting saffron in Iran. VirusDisease, 33 (4), 489-491.
Neda Shakour, Taheri, E., Fatemeh Rajabian, Tarighi, S., Vahid Soheili, & Farzin Hadizadeh (2022). Evaluating the Antivirulence Effects of New Thiazolidinedione Compounds Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Microbial Drug Resistance, 28 (11), 1003-1018.
Heidari, M., Moravvej, G., Diana Carolina Arias Penna, & Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam (2022). Effects of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and fine particulate matter on insect abundance and diversity in urban green spaces. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), -.
Mehrvar, M., Zohreh Moradi, & Aljabri, M. (2022). First report of
Wisteria badnavirus 1
infecting
Wisteria sinensis
in Iran. New Disease Reports, 46 (2), -.
Gerami Nooghabi, M., & Mehrvar, M. (2022). Genetic diversity and population structure of Iranian Beet yellows virus based on the nucleotide sequences of coat protein. Indian Phytopathology, 75 (3), 907-910.
Allahverdi, M., Vladimir G. Radchenko, Fekrat, L., Sadeghi Namaghi, H., & Ahmad Nadimi (2022). A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Andrena Fabricius from Iran. Spixiana, 45 (1), 83-94.
Yara El Khoury, Giuseppe Bari, Carlo Salvemini, Giambattista Maria Altieri, Karimi, J., Michele Poliseno, Nikola Grujic, Giovanni Bubici, & Eustachio Tarasco (2022). SUSCEPTIBILITY OF FOUR STORED-PRODUCT INSECT PESTS TO BEAUVERIA BASSIANA AND METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE STRAINS. Redia - Giornale Di Zoologia, 105 (), 175-182.
Zolfaghariyan, S., Abolfazl Shakeri, Javad Asili, Tarighi, S., Peter Grun, Yi-ming Shi, Helge B. Bode, & Karimi, J. (2022). Cyclic Depsipeptides and Linear Peptides With Cytotoxic and Antiphytopathogenic Activities From Symbiotic Bacteria of Xenorhabdus (Enterobacteriales: Morganellaceae) Genus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 116 (2), 114-124.
Asadi Sardari, A., Mahdikhani Moghadam, E., Zaki Aghl, M., & Ramesh Raju Vetukuri (2022). Constitutive and Inducible Expression of Genes Related to Salicylic Acid and Ethylene Pathways in a Moderately Resistant Tomato Cultivar Leads to Delayed Development of Meloidogyne javanica. Agriculture, 12 (12), 2122-2144.
Moradi, & Mehrvar, M. (2022). Metagenomic Analysis of Malva sylvestris from Iran Displays a Malva Vein Clearing Virus Genome. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 25 (1), 1-11.
Karimi, O., Rathnayaka Ar, Gajanayake Aj, Farias Arg, Mamarabadi, M., & Chethana Kwt (2022). Taxonomy and phylogenetic appraisal of Hypomyces iranica sp. nov. (Hypocreaceae, Hypocreales). Asian Journal of Mycology, 5 (2), 187-201.
Recent research projects
Fekrat, Lida,farashi, Azita (2022). Estimating potential range shift of some Mason bees of the genus Osmia in response to climate change scenarios in the Palearctic region
Mamarabadi, Mojtaba,shokouhifar, Farhad (2022). Resistance pattern determination of a cold tolerant chickpea cultivar (Saral) against Ascochyta rabiei pathotypes
Contact Information
Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection
Phone: +985138804683-5831
Fax: +985138807144