Alternaria brassicae

Alternaria brassicae
	Alternaria brassicae symptoms on cabbage
Scientific 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
	List 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) ;

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

Alternaria brassicae

Alternaria brassicae symptoms on cabbage
Scientific 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
List 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)