First report of grapevine dieback caused by lasiodiplodia theobromae and neoscytalidium dimidiatum in Basrah, Southern Iraq

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In Basrah, grapevines suffer from dieback .Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Neoscytalidium dimidiatum were isolated from diseased grape-vinesVitis vinifera L.

and identified based on morphological charac-teristics and DNA sequence data of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region.

The results of the pathogenicity test conducted under gree-nhouse conditions for L.

theobromae and N.dimidiatum revealed that both species were the causal agents of grapevines diebacks in Basrah, Southe-rn Iraq.A brief description is provided for the isolated species.