Alternaria brassicae
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| Alternaria brassicae symptoms on cabbage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae |
| Genus: | Alternaria |
| Species: | A. brassicae
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| Binomial name | |
| Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc., (1880)
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Alternaria brassicae is a plant pathogen able to infect most Brassica species including important crops such as broccoli, cabbage and oil seed rape.[1][2] It causes damping off if infection occurs in younger plants and less severe leaf spot symptoms on infections of older plants[1] .[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Nowicki, Marcin; et al. (30 August 2012), "Alternaria black bpot of crucifers: Symptoms, importance of disease, and perspectives of resistance breeding", Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin, 76, doi:10.2478/v10032-012-0001-6
- ^ a b Ferreira, S.A.; Boley, R.A. (1991). "Alternaria brassicae". University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
Alternaria brassicae conidia
External links[]
- Index Fungorum
- USDA ARS Fungal Database
- Alternaria brassicae host list : Pathogens of Plants of Hawaii
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