Hamid Reza Pouralibaba - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh ۵۵۱۷۶۴۳۵۱۱, Iran.
Naser Mohammadi - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh ۵۵۱۷۶۴۳۵۱۱, Iran.
Mozhgan Tabrizivand Taheri - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh ۵۵۱۷۶۴۳۵۱۱, Iran.
Saba Kowkab - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh ۵۵۱۷۶۴۳۵۱۱, Iran.
Mohammad Kouhestani - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh ۵۵۱۷۶۴۳۵۱۱, Iran.

Dragon’s head Lallemantia iberica, currently is grown as an oilseed crop in dry areas of Iran. In ۲۰۱۹, symptoms including seedling damping-off, yellows, and wilt were observed on the plants in a commercial field in Maragheh province, Iran. Based on the morphological and molecular characters, the fungus isolated from symptomatic plants was identified as Fusarium acuminatum. The pathogenicity of the fungus was confirmed through inoculation of the host plant. Subsequently, Koch’s postulates were fulfilled by re-isolation of the same fungus from the inoculated symptomatic plants. This is the first report of Fusarium wilt disease occurring in Dragon’s head in Iran and worldwide.

Translation elongation factor ۱-a, wilt and yellows, damping off, oilseeds, fungal etiology, Maragheh