Abstract Pileolaria pistaciae is a species originally found attacking Pistacia chinensis Bunge in Japan and a few other Asian countries. In this study, we report the presence of P. pistaciae in Pakistan. Infected leaves of P. chinensis were collected from two different sampling sites in the Abbottabad and Shangla districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in September-October, 2014. The causal fungus was observed and identified based on combined results of morphological and molecular characterization of the internal transcribed spacer and large subunit regions of ribosomal DNA. This is the first report in Pakistan of Asian Pistachio rust disease caused by P. pistaciae.

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巴基斯坦亚洲开心果锈病（Pileolaria pistaciae）的首次报告

摘要 Pileolaria pistaciae 是一种最初在日本和其他一些亚洲国家发现的攻击 Pistacia chinensis Bunge 的物种。在这项研究中，我们报告了巴基斯坦开心果的存在。2014 年 9 月至 10 月，在巴基斯坦开伯尔普赫图赫瓦省 Abbottabad 和上拉地区的两个不同采样点收集了 P. chinensis 的感染叶片。基于形态学和分子特征的综合结果观察和鉴定了致病真菌。内部转录间隔区和核糖体 DNA 的大亚基区域。这是巴基斯坦首次报道由开心果引起的亚洲开心果锈病。