Host-selective toxins produced by the plant pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata

T Tsuge, Y Harimoto, K Akimitsu… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Host-selective toxins (HSTs) produced by fungal plant pathogens are generally low-
molecular-weight secondary metabolites with a diverse range of structures that function as …

Biodiversity and taxonomy of the pleomorphic genus Alternaria

DP Lawrence, F Rotondo, PB Gannibal - Mycological progress, 2016 - Springer
The genus Alternaria, alternarioid hyphomycetes, comprise a biologically, ecologically, and
morphologically rich group of fungi that has suffered from taxonomic flux for many years. The …

Alternaria redefined

JHC Woudenberg, JZ Groenewald, M Binder… - Studies in …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Alternaria is a ubiquitous fungal genus that includes saprobic, endophytic and pathogenic
species associated with a wide variety of substrates. In recent years, DNA-based studies …

The sections of Alternaria: formalizing species-group concepts

DP Lawrence, PB Gannibal, TL Peever, BM Pryor - Mycologia, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The systematics of Alternaria and allied genera traditionally has been based on the
characteristics of conidia and the sporulation apparatus. This emphasis on morphology in …

Alternaria toxins and plant diseases: an overview of origin, occurrence and risks

A Logrieco, A Moretti… - World Mycotoxin …, 2009 - wageningenacademic.com
The genus Alternaria includes both plant-pathogenic and saprophytic species, which may
affect crops in the field or cause harvest and postharvest decay of plant products. The …

Alt a 1 allergen homologs from Alternaria and related taxa: analysis of phylogenetic content and secondary structure

SG Hong, RA Cramer, CB Lawrence… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2005 - Elsevier
A gene for the Alternaria major allergen, Alt a 1, was amplified from 52 species of Alternaria
and related genera, and sequence information was used for phylogenetic study. Alt a 1 gene …

An expanded multilocus phylogeny does not resolve morphological species within the small-spored Alternaria species complex

M Andrew, TL Peever, BM Pryor - Mycologia, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Small-spored Alternaria species are a taxonomically challenging group of fungi with few
morphological or molecular characters that allow unambiguous discrimination among taxa …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of DNA sequence-data on the taxonomy of anamorphic fungi

BD Shenoy, R Jeewon, KD Hyde - Fungal Diversity, 2007 - academia.edu
Botryosphaeriales, Chaetosphaeriales, Fusarium graminearum, pestalotiopsis-like
anamorphs, and the Mycosphaerella complex are illustrated to indicate potential …

Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Pleosporaceae

HA Ariyawansa, KM Thambugala, DS Manamgoda… - Fungal Diversity, 2015 - Springer
The family Pleosporaceae includes numerous saprobic, opportunistic human, and plant
pathogenic taxa. The classification of genera and species Pleosporaceae has been a major …

Scientific Opinion on the risks for animal and public health related to the presence of Alternaria toxins in feed and food

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain … - EFSA …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission asked the European Food Safety Authority to review the
safety of Alternaria toxins in food and feed. In addition to causing plant diseases on many …