Dr. Mohammad Javad Pourmoghaddam currently is a Postdoc at the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Guilan University [supported by a grant from the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) No. 99027605]. He completed his Bachelor of Plant Protection, Master of Plant Pathology, and Ph. D. in Plant Pathology at the University of Guilan in 2012, 2014, and 2020, respectively.