2101 East Earhart Avenue, Suite 200
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 953-6115
mnouri@ucanr.edu

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Plant Pathology
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Specialty
Walnuts, cherries, olives, apples, miscellaneous fruits, Plant PathologyAreas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Ag Commodities and Products - General
- Fruit and Nut Crop - General
- Walnuts
- Olives
- Apples
- Cherries
- Plant Production
- Plant Management Systems
- Plant Protection
- Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants
- Biological Control of Pests Affecting Plants
- Integrated Pest Management Systems
Bibliography
Peer Reviewed
Trouillas, F. P.; Travadon, R.; Nouri, M. T.; Lawrence D.P.; (2023). Field evaluation of fungicides for the management of Neofabraea leaf lesion of olive in California. Plant Disease. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PDIS-12-22-2896-RE
Nouri, M. T.; Li, S., et al. (2023). First Report of Cytospora azerbaijanica Causing Cytospora Canker and Shoot Dieback on Peach (Prunus persica) in California, U.S.A. Plant Disease-APS Journals. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-03-23-0447-PDN
Crowley-Gall, A.; Trouillas, F. P.; L. Niño, E.; Schaeffer, R. N.; Nouri, M. T.; Crespo, M.; and Vannette, R. (2022). Floral microbes suppress growth of Monilinia laxa with minimal effects on honeybee feeding. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 106:02, 432-438. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-03-21-0549-RE
Riely, B. K.; Nouri, M. T.; Riaz, K.; Tufail, R.; Gai, Y.; Carrasquilla, N.; Chang, P. L.; Leveau, J. H. J.; Cook, D. R.; and Trouillas, F. P. (2022). Genomic sequence data of bacterial isolates from pistachio trees and other woody plants in California are inconsistent with a role of Rhodococcus as the causative agent of Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome. PhytoFrontiers™-APS Journals. 02:02. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTOFR-04-21-0029-R
Trouillas, F. P.; Nouri, M. T.; and Bourret, T. B. (2022). Identification and characterization of Phytophthora species associated with crown and root rot of pistachio trees in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 106:01. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1064-RE
Diaz-Lara, A.; Wunderlich, L.; Nouri, M. T.; Golino, D.; and Al Rwahnih, M. (2022). Incidence and detection of negative-stranded RNA viruses infecting apple and pear trees in California. Journal of Phytopathology. 170, 5–20. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jph.13051
Holland, L. A.; Travadon, R., Lawrence, D. P.; Nouri, M. T.; and Trouillas, F. P. (2021). Evaluation of pruning wound protection products for the management of almond canker diseases in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-11-20-2371-RE
Holland, L. A.; Trouillas, F. P., Nouri, M. T.; P., Lawrence D.P.; et al. (2020). Fungal Pathogens Associated with Canker Diseases of Almond in California. Plant Disease. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-10-19-2128-RE
Nouri, M. T.; Lawrence, D. P., et al. (2020). Macrophomina Crown and Root Rot of Pistachio in California. Plants-MDPI. 9:2. https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/2/134
Lawrence, D. P*; Nouri, M. T*, and Trouillas, F. P. (2020). Pleurostoma decline of olive trees caused by Pleurostoma richardsiae in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1771-RE
Crespo, M. P.; Lawrence, D.P., Nouri, M. T.; Doll, D. A.; and Trouillas, F. P. (2019). Characterization of Fusarium and Neocosmospora Species Associated With Crown Rot and Stem Canker of Pistachio Rootstocks in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 103:8, 1931-1939. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-11-18-2012-RE
Lichtemberg, P. S. F.; Moral, J., Sherman, J.; Nouri, M. T.; et al. (2019). Characterizing Beltrania pseudorhombica the causal agent of pistachio leaf and fruit spot in Arizona. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 154, 849–854. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10658-019-01675-5
Nouri, M. T.; Zhuang, G., et al. (2019). First Report of Macrophomina phaseolina Causing Trunk and Cordon Canker Disease of Grapevine in the United States. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 103:3, 579. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-07-18-1189-PDN
Trouillas, F. P.; Nouri, M. T., et al. (2019). Identification and Characterization of Neofabraea kienholzii and Phlyctema vagabunda Causing Leaf and Shoot Lesions of Olive in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 103:12, 3018-3030. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-02-19-0277-RE
Nouri, M. T.; Lawrence, D. P., et al. (2019). Identification and Pathogenicity of Fungal Species Associated with Canker Diseases of Pistachio in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 103:09, 2397-2411. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-10-18-1717-RE
Mayorquin, J. S.; Nouri, M. T., et al. (2019). Identification, Pathogenicity, and Spore Trapping of Colletotrichum karstii Associated with Twig and Shoot Dieback in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 103:7, 1464-1473. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-08-18-1425-RE
Holland, L. A.; Lawrence, D.P.; Nouri, M.T.; Travadon, R.; Harrington, T.C.; and Trouillas, F. P.(2019). Taxonomic revision and multi-locus phylogeny of the North American clade of Ceratocystis. Fungal Systematics and Evolution_FUSE. 03, 135–156. http://fuse-journal.org/index.php/vol3
Lawrence, D. P.; Nouri, M. T., et al. (2019). Taxonomy and multi-locus phylogeny of cylindrocarpon-like species associated with diseased roots of grapevine and other fruit and nut crops in California. Fungal Systematics and Evolution_FUSE. 4:1, 59–75. http://fuse-journal.org/index.php/vol4
Holland, L. A.; Nouri, M. T., et al. (2018). A re-examination of Ceratocystis canker in California almond orchards. Acta Horticulturae. 1219_47, 311-318. https://www.actahort.org/books/1219/1219_47.htm
Hamrouni, N.; Nouri, M. T., et al. (2018). Dothiorella gummosis caused by Dothiorella viticola, first record from citrus in Tunisia. New Disease Reports-British Society for Plant Pathology. 38, 10. https://www.ndrs.org.uk/article.php?id=038010
Holland, L. A.; Crespo, M. P.; Nouri, M. T.; and Trouillas, F. P. (2018). Etiology and management of trunk and scaffold canker diseases of almond in California. Acta Horticulturae. 1219_48, 319-324. https://www.ishs.org/ishs-article/1219_48
Hajlaoui, M. R.; Nouri, M. T., et al. (2018). First record of dieback and decline of plum caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum in Tunisia. New Disease Reports-British Society for Plant Pathology. 38, 20.
Holland, L. A.; Nouri, M. T., et al. (2018). First Report of Collophora hispanica and C. paarla Causing Branch Cankers of Almond in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 102:8, 1663. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-09-17-1518-PDN
Nouri, M. T.; Holland, L. A., et al. (2018). Investigating canker and soil borne diseases of pistachio in California. Acta Horticulturae. 1219_45, 295-302. https://www.ishs.org/ishs-article/1219_45
Lawrence, D. P.; Holland, L. A., Nouri, M. T.; Travadon, R; et al. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Cytospora species associated with canker diseases of fruit and nut crops in California, with the descriptions of ten new species and one new combination. International Mycological Association_IMA Fungus. 9:2, 333–370. https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.02.07
Nouri, M. T.; Lawrence, D. P., et al. (2018). Neoscytalidium dimidiatum Causing Canker, Shoot Blight and Fruit Rot of Almond in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 102:8. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-12-17-1967-RE
Nouri, M. T.; Holland, L. A., et al. (2017). First Report of Phytophthora cinnamomi Causing Trunk Canker of Almond in California. Plant Disease-APS Journals. 102:1, 253. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-06-17-0872-PDN
Nouri, M. T.; Rhouma, A., et al. (2012). First report of wilt of almond caused by Verticillium dahliae in Tunisia. New Disease Reports-British Society for Plant Pathology. 26, 19. https://www.ndrs.org.uk/article.php?id=026019
ANR Workgroup Associations
- Walnut - Chair
- Olive - Member
- Pest Management in ANR - Member
- Plant Pathology - Member