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
Maryam Aleosfoor, Maryam Zahediannezhad, Kambiz Minaei, Fekrat, L., & Hooman Razi (2023). Effects of drought stress and plant cultivar type on demographic characteristics of the rose-grain aphid, Metopolophium dirhodum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 113 (2), 196-211.
Mohammadnejad Aghdam, N., Baghaee Ravari, S., & Shiri, A. (2023). Weeds Associated Bacterial Endophyte Producing Pantocin against Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 25 (6), 1443-1454.
Fatemeh Ehteshami, Maryam Aleosfoor, Hossein Allahyari, Aurang Kavousi, & Fekrat, L. (2023). Comparative demography, population projection, functional response and host age preference behavior of the parasitoid Goniozus legneri on two lepidopterous insect hosts. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 33 (1), -.
Shekarimahoonaki, F., Mahdikhani Moghadam, E., Zaki Aghl, M., & Majid Pedram (2023). Penetration and Development of Meloidogyne javanica on Four Pistachio Rootstocks and Their Defense Responses. Journal of Nematology, 54 (1), -.
Amir Biranvand, Jaroslav Vetrovec, Aicha Merzoug, Malika Boualem, Fekrat, L., & Piotr Ceryngier (2023). Complementary data on the distribution of Nephus (Nephus) incisus (Har. Lindberg, 1950) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. Zootaxa, 5244 (3), 287-292.
Hosseinzade, M., Fekrat, L., Sadeghi Namaghi, H., & Zaki Aghl, M. (2023). Variation in bacterial endosymbionts associated with Iranian populations of the common pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae (Hem.: Aphalaridae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 43 (2), 507-517.
Mehrvar, M. (2023). همسانهسازی و بررسی تبارزایی دایههای ایرانی narcissus latent virus براساس ترادف نوکلئوتیدی ناحیه ’3 ژنوم. , 36 (4), 413-422.
Tarighi, S. (2023). بررسی اثر حفاظتی میکروکپسولهای حاوی اسانس مرزه و نمک کلسیم پروپیونات بر خصوصیات کمی و کیفی میوه گلابی رقم اسپادانا. , 15 (2), 67-96.
Karimi, J. (2023). Whole genome analysis of a novel Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus isolate (SeMNPV-IR) to Iran. Biologia, 77 (12), 1-12.
Kuhestani, K., Karimi, J., & Makhdoumi, A. (2023). teinernema feltiae- Xenorhabdus bovienii: more information on this bactohelminthic complex from Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 18 (2), 139-161.
Mehrafrooz Mayvan, M., Peneloope Greenslade, & Sadeghi Namaghi, H. (2023). An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran. Zootaxa, 5275 (1), 1-101.
Taheri, E., Tarighi, S., & Taheri, P. (2023). An endophytic bacterium with biocontrol activity against important wheat pathogens. Biological Control, 183 (5), 105243-105256.
Mehrvar, M., & Pakzad, A. (2023). First report of Ornithogalum mosaic virus infecting iris in Iran. New Disease Reports, 47 (2), -.
Firouzmand, H., Toosi, S., Shokouhifar, F., & Mamarabadi, M. (2023). Resistance pattern of a cold tolerant chickpea cultivar (Saral) against different pathotypes of Ascochyta rabiei using an in vitro pathogenicity test method. Australasian Plant Pathology, 52 (4), 303-315.
Hosseini, H., Mehrvar, M., & Zaki Aghl, M. (2023). First report of carnation cryptic virus 3 infecting Dianthus caryophyllus in Iran. VirusDisease, 34 (3), 446-447.
Dehghan Niri, M., Tarighi, S., & Taheri, P. (2023). Defense activation in wheat against Xanthomonas translucens via application of biological and chemical inducers. Journal of Plant Pathology, 105 (2), 493-505.
Rouhollah Faramarzi Dozein, Elaheh Motamed, Tarighi, S., Ehsan Oskoueian, & Aram Bostan (2023). Effects of encapsulated Satureja hortensis/calcium propionate against fire blight in pear cv. Spadona. Journal of Plant Pathology, 105 (3), 60-77.
Baghlani, L., Sadeghi Namaghi, H., & Fekrat, L. (2023). Development and life table parameters of the Phytoseius corniger Wainstein (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) under laboratory conditions. Acarological studies, 5 (2), 52-57.
Notghi Moghadam, S., Sadeghi Namaghi, H., & Saeed Moodi (2023). Performance of Jujube Lace Bug, Monosteira alticarinata, on Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba under Different Levels of Nitrogen Fertilization. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 25 (4), 1001-1012.
Moravvej, G., Heidari Latibari, M., & Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam (2023). Natural Enemies of Planococcus vovae (Nasonov) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococidae), the Main Pest of Lawson’s Cypress Trees, in Northeast Iran. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 25 (2), 329-336.
Seyyedi Badely, S., Moravvej, G., Behnam Amiri Besheli, Mehrdad Amooghli-tabari, & Pooyan Mehrabanjoubani (2023). Effects of Host Plant Cultivar and Insecticide Type on Rice Damage and Growth of Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Larvae in Semi-field Conditions. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 25 (2), 253-265.
Taheri, P., Soweizy, M., & Tarighi, S. (2023). Application of essential oils to control some important fungi and bacteria pathogenic on cereals. Journal of Natural Pesticide Research, 6 (), 100052-100070.
Amir Biranvand, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Fekrat, L., Jahanshir Shakarami, Roshanak Ghorbani, Hamed Ghobari, Elham Kakavand, Fatemeh Romasi, & Oldrich Nedved (2023). Population relationships of Oomyzus scaposus (Thomson) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of Coccinella septempunctata in Iran. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 43 (5), 1583-1589.
Hosseini, S., Hosseini, M., Rohani, A., & Shaneka Lawson (2023). Modeling reproductive fitness of predator, Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) using support vector machine (SVM) on three nitrogen treatments. Neural Computing and Applications, 35 (30), 1-14.
Tavuosi, M., & Mehrvar, M. (2023). Virome analysis of potyvirus populations infecting saffron in Iran: the discovery of a novel potyvirus. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 168 (3), 453-466.
Heidari Latibari, M., Moravvej, G., Karimi, J. (2023). Arsenophonus: A Double-Edged Sword of Aphid Defense against Parasitoids. Insects, 14 (9), 763-775.
Tarighi, S., & Soltani Nejad, M. (2023). Ecofriendly fabrication of silver nanoparticles using quince petal extract and its antibacterial properties against fire blight disease. Journal of Natural Pesticide Research, 4 (2), 100026-1200000.
Fatemeh Rad, Maryam Aleosfoor, Fekrat, L., Kambiz Minaei, Mohammad Etemadi, Ali Reza Afsharifar, & Saeid Eshghi (2023). Life-history parameters of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, are affected by host plant salinity stress. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 12 (171), 1-10.
Hosseini Zahani, F., & Taheri, P. (2023). The role of oxidative burst, antioxidant genes and enzymes in association with callose in tomato reaction to various taxonomic groups of Rhizoctonia spp.. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 128 (4), 102174-102187.
Amir Biranvand, Hamed Ghobari, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Fekrat, L., Mohammad Allahverdi, Hossein Toulabi, Fatemeh Romasi, Elnaz Hamidi, Oldrich Nedved, & Piotr Ceryngier (2023). New data on the distribution and hosts of Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 43 (4), 411-415.
Daroodi, Z., & Taheri, P. (2023). Function of the endophytic fungus Acrophialophora jodhpurensis, methionine, and nitric oxide in wheat resistance induction against Fusarium graminearum via interplay of reactive oxygen species and iron. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 128 (6), 102132-102150.
Rajab, A., Moravvej, G., & Asoodeh, A. (2023). Sublethal Effects of Lambda-Cyhalothrin, Imidacloprid, and Indoxacarb on Some of the Behavioral and Physiological Patterns of German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). , 1252 (1), 012002-012014.
Ahmadi, M., Mahdikhani Moghadam, E., Rouhani, H., & Mehrvar, M. (2023). Effect of Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita on Barley: Morphological Alterations and the Role of Enzymes in Interactions. Russian Journal of plant physiology, 70 (6), -.
Rouhani, N., Zaki Aghl, M., & Mehrvar, M. (2023). مقایسه علایم، تعیین توالی کامل و تحلیل فیلوژنتیکی دایههای ویروس تریستزای مرکبات از استانهای مازندران و فارس. , 37 (3), 237-258.
Recent research projects
Shokouhifar, Farhad,mamarabadi, Mojtaba (2023). Design and optimization of ARMS-PCR primers to detect SNP18 alleles in resistant and sensitive genotypes of chickpea against Ascochyta blight.
Mamarabadi, Mojtaba,shokouhifar, Farhad (2023). evaluation of antifungal activity of chimeric cLF peptide on growth and pathogenicity of the Ascochyta rabiei pathotype PIII
Tavuosi, Masoumeh,mehrvar, Mohsen (2023). Identification and molecular characterization of turnip mosaic virus from saffron (Crocus sativus) in Razavi and South Khorasan provinces
Contact Information
Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection
Phone: +985138804683-5831
Fax: +985138807144