Alternaria brassicae is a plant pathogen able to infect most Brassica species including important crops such as broccoli, cabbage and oil seed rape.[2][3] It causes damping off if infection occurs in younger plants and less severe leaf spot symptoms on infections of older plants.[2][3]

Alternaria brassicae
Alternaria brassicae symptoms on cabbage
Alternaria brassicae symptoms on cabbage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Alternaria
Species:
A. brassicae
Binomial name
Alternaria brassicae
(Berk.) Sacc., (1880)
Synonyms[1]
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  • Alternaria alliariae-officinalis
  • Săvul. & Sandu, Hedwigia 73: 130 (1933)
  • Alternaria brassicae f. acanthi
  • Politis, Phragmat. Akad. Athen. 4: 40 (1935)
  • Alternaria brassicae f. citri
  • Penz., Fung. Agrum.: 92, tab. 1206 (1882)
  • Alternaria brassicae f. phaseoli
  • Brunaud, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest 4: 38 (1894)
  • Alternaria brassicae f. tritici
  • Brunaud, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest 4: 38 (1894)
  • Alternaria brassicae var. dianthi
  • F. Zimmerman, Ochr. Rost. 4(1): 9 (1924)
  • Alternaria brassicae var. exitiosa
  • (J.G. Kühn) Ferraris, Fl. ital. crypt., Fungi 1(8): 521 (1912)
  • Alternaria brassicae var. microspora
  • J.A. Elliott, Danish species of Alternaria & Stemphylium: 129 (1945)
  • Alternaria brassicae var. macrospora
  • Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 4: 546 (1886)
  • Alternaria brassicae var. putrefaciens
  • Preissecker, Fachl. Mitteil. Österr. Tabakregie 16: 14 (1916)
  • Alternaria brassicae var. solani
  • Preissecker, Fachl. Mitteil. Österr. Tabakregie 16: 14 (1916)
  • Alternaria exitiosa
  • (J.G. Kühn) Jørst., Meld. Stat. Plantepat. Inst. Oslo 50: 94 (1945)
  • Alternaria herculea
  • (Ellis & G. Martin) J.A. Elliott, Am. J. Bot. 4: 472 (1917)
  • Alternaria macrospora
  • (Sacc.) Mussat, in Saccardo, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 15: 43 (1901)
  • Alternaria macrospora
  • (Sacc.) Sawada, Rep. Dept Agric., Govern. Res. Inst. Formosa, Spec. Bull. Agric. Exp. Station Formosa 51: 123 (1931)
  • Alternaria macrospora var. sterculiae
  • M.D. Mehrotra, Indian Forester 111(10): 823 (1985)
  • Alternaria saccardoi
  • Sawada, Special Publication College of Agriculture, National Taiwan University 8: 208 (1959)
  • Cercospora lepidii
  • Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 35: 140 (1884)
  • Cercospora moldavica
  • Săvul. & Bontea, Bul. Fac. Agron., Bucuresti 4: 3 [repr.] (1946)
  • Dicaeoma brassicae
  • (Mont.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 468 (1898)
  • Macrosporium brassicae
  • Berk., in Smith, Engl. Fl., Fungi (Edn 2) (London) 5(2): 339 (1836)
  • Macrosporium brassicae f. solani
  • Fautrey & Brunaud, Revue mycol., Toulouse 16(no. 62): 76 (1894)
  • Macrosporium brassicae f. resedacearum
  • Roum., Revue mycol., Toulouse 16(no. 64): 8 (1894)
  • Macrosporium brassicae var. macrosporum
  • A.G. Eliasson, Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Afd. 3 22(no. 12): 18 (1897)
  • Macrosporium herculeum
  • Ellis & G. Martin, Am. Nat. 16(12): 1003 (1882)
  • Macrosporium macrosporum
  • (A.G. Eliasson) Sawada, Agr. Res. Rev., Cairo. Pl. Path. 47(5): 163 (1969)
  • Polydesmus exitiosus
  • (J.G. Kühn) J.G. Kühn, Ann. Sper. agr., N.S.: 165 (1858)
  • Puccinia brassicae
  • Mont., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 6: 30 (1836)
  • Rhopalidium brassicae
  • Mont. & Fr., in Montagne, Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 6: 30 (1836)
  • Sporidesmium brassicae
  • Massee, Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew: 153 (1901)
  • Sporidesmium exitiosum
  • J.G. Kühn, Hedwigia 1: 91 (1855)
  • Sporidesmium exitiosum var. solani
  • Schenk, Voy. Alpes maritimes 8: 282 (1875)
  • Sporidesmium onnii
  • P. Karst., Meddn Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 18: 67 (1891)

References

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  1. ^ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ 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: 5–19, doi:10.2478/v10032-012-0001-6
  3. ^ 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
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