Alternaria alternata as endophyte and pathogen

M DeMers - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Alternaria alternata is a common species of fungus frequently isolated from plants as both an
endophyte and a pathogen. Although the current definition of A. alternata rests on a …

Alternaria Toxins: Potential Virulence Factors and Genes Related to Pathogenesis

M Meena, SK Gupta, P Swapnil, A Zehra… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to
endophytes and a very successful fungal pathogen that causes diseases to a number of …

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 …

Alternaria section Alternaria: Species, formae speciales or pathotypes?

JHC Woudenberg, MF Seidl, JZ Groenewald… - Studies in …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The cosmopolitan fungal genus Alternaria consists of multiple saprophytic and pathogenic
species. Based on phylogenetic and morphological studies, the genus is currently divided …

Recent Advances in Alternaria Phytotoxins: A Review of Their Occurrence, Structure, Bioactivity, and Biosynthesis

H Wang, Y Guo, Z Luo, L Gao, R Li, Y Zhang, HM Kalaji… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alternaria is a ubiquitous fungal genus in many ecosystems, consisting of species and
strains that can be saprophytic, endophytic, or pathogenic to plants or animals, including …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Alternaria host-specific (HSTs) toxins: An overview of chemical characterization, target sites, regulation and their toxic effects

M Meena, S Samal - Toxicology reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Alternaria causes pathogenic disease on various economically important crops having
saprophytic to endophytic lifecycle. Pathogenic fungi of Alternaria species produce many …

Metabolites from Alternaria Fungi and Their Bioactivities

J Lou, L Fu, Y Peng, L Zhou - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Alternaria is a cosmopolitan fungal genus widely distributing in soil and organic matter. It
includes saprophytic, endophytic and pathogenic species. At least 268 metabolites from …

Revisiting Alternaria-host interactions: New insights on its pathogenesis, defense mechanisms and control strategies

S Ali, A Tyagi, S Rajarammohan, ZA Mir, H Bae - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
Necrotrophic fungal pathogens of the genus Alternaria are globally recognized as one of the
most destructive plant pathogens in most of the industrially and agriculturally important crops …

Multiple Translocation of the AVR-Pita Effector Gene among Chromosomes of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and Related Species

I Chuma, C Isobe, Y Hotta, K Ibaragi, N Futamata… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast disease, a devastating problem
worldwide. This fungus has caused breakdown of resistance conferred by newly developed …