First report of Alternaria leaf spot caused by Alternaria alternata (Fries.) Kiessler on Sonchus oleraceus L. and Convolvulus arvensis L. in Algeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 167 (6) ◽  
pp. 321-325
Author(s):  
Nesma Abdessemed ◽  
Ali Kerroum ◽  
Youssef Anis Bahet ◽  
Nacèra Talbi ◽  
Nadjia Zermane
Keyword(s):  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
Convolvulus Arvensis ◽  
First Report ◽  
Sonchus Oleraceus ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot

scholarly journals First Report of Alternaria Leaf Spot of Banana Caused by Alternaria alternata in the United States

Plant Disease ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 97 (8) ◽  
pp. 1116-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Parkunan ◽  
S. Li ◽  
E. G. Fonsah ◽  
P. Ji
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Its Sequencing ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
First Report ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot ◽  
Leaf Spots

Research efforts were initiated in 2003 to identify and introduce banana (Musa spp.) cultivars suitable for production in Georgia (1). Selected cultivars have been evaluated since 2009 in Tifton Banana Garden, Tifton, GA, comprising of cold hardy, short cycle, and ornamental types. In spring and summer of 2012, 7 out of 13 cultivars (African Red, Blue Torres Island, Cacambou, Chinese Cavendish, Novaria, Raja Puri, and Veinte Cohol) showed tiny, oval (0.5 to 1.0 mm long and 0.3 to 0.9 mm wide), light to dark brown spots on the adaxial surface of the leaves. Spots were more concentrated along the midrib than the rest of the leaf and occurred on all except the newly emerged leaves. Leaf spots did not expand much in size, but the numbers approximately doubled during the season. Disease incidences on the seven cultivars ranged from 10 to 63% (10% on Blue Torres Island and 63% on Novaria), with an average of 35% when a total of 52 plants were evaluated. Six cultivars including Belle, Ice Cream, Dwarf Namwah, Kandarian, Praying Hands, and Saba did not show any spots. Tissue from infected leaves of the seven cultivars were surface sterilized with 0.5% NaOCl, plated onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) media and incubated at 25°C in the dark for 5 days. The plates were then incubated at room temperature (23 ± 2°C) under a 12-hour photoperiod for 3 days. Grayish black colonies developed from all the samples, which were further identified as Alternaria spp. based on the dark, brown, obclavate to obpyriform catenulate conidia with longitudinal and transverse septa tapering to a prominent beak attached in chains on a simple and short conidiophore (2). Conidia were 23 to 73 μm long and 15 to 35 μm wide, with a beak length of 5 to 10 μm, and had 3 to 6 transverse and 0 to 5 longitudinal septa. Single spore cultures of four isolates from four different cultivars were obtained and genomic DNA was extracted and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) regions of rDNA (562 bp) were amplified and sequenced with primers ITS1 and ITS4. MegaBLAST analysis of the four sequences showed that they were 100% identical to two Alternaria alternata isolates (GQ916545 and GQ169766). ITS sequence of a representative isolate VCT1FT1 from cv. Veinte Cohol was submitted to GenBank (JX985742). Pathogenicity assay was conducted using 1-month-old banana plants (cv. Veinte Cohol) grown in pots under greenhouse conditions (25 to 27°C). Three plants were spray inoculated with the isolate VCT1FT1 (100 ml suspension per plant containing 105 spores per ml) and incubated under 100% humidity for 2 days and then kept in the greenhouse. Three plants sprayed with water were used as a control. Leaf spots identical to those observed in the field were developed in a week on the inoculated plants but not on the non-inoculated control. The fungus was reisolated from the inoculated plants and the identity was confirmed by morphological characteristics and ITS sequencing. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Alternaria leaf spot caused by A. alternata on banana in the United States. Occurrence of the disease on some banana cultivars in Georgia provides useful information to potential producers, and the cultivars that were observed to be resistant to the disease may be more suitable for production. References: (1) E. G. Fonsah et al. J. Food Distrib. Res. 37:2, 2006. (2) E. G. Simmons. Alternaria: An identification manual. CBS Fungal Biodiversity Center, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2007.

scholarly journals First Report of Alternaria Leaf Spot Caused by Alternaria alternata on Spinach in Poland

Plant Disease ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 99 (5) ◽  
pp. 729-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Czajka ◽  
A. Czubatka ◽  
J. Sobolewski ◽  
J. Robak
Keyword(s):  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
First Report ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot

scholarly journals First Report of Alternaria Leaf Spot Caused by Alternaria alternata on Idesia polycarpa in China

Plant Disease ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 99 (8) ◽  
pp. 1177
Author(s):  
L. Sun ◽  
Y. Hao ◽  
Y. M. Wu ◽  
L. Wang ◽  
Y. C. Liang
Keyword(s):  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
First Report ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot

scholarly journals First Report of Alternaria alternata f. sp. cucurbitae Causing Alternaria Leaf Spot of Melon in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States

Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 652-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. G. Zhou ◽  
K. L. Everts
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tween 20 ◽  
Conidial Suspension ◽  
First Report ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot

Alternaria alternata f. sp. cucurbitae, the casual agent of Alternaria leaf spot, was first described in Greece where it caused severe losses to greenhouse-grown cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) (3,4). The fungus also attacks melon (C. melo) and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) (1–3). In late June of 2006, following a period of windy and rainy days, numerous dark brown, circular lesions, 0.5 to 1 mm in diameter, were observed on leaves of melons in a field in Wicomico County, Maryland. The lesions gradually enlarged and coalesced into large, nearly circular, or irregularly shaped lesions that could be as long as 3 cm. The center of the lesions was light tan, surrounded by a dark brown ring and a chlorotic halo, and tended to split in the later development stages. Most of the lesions appeared on the edge of the leaves and no lesions developed on the stems and fruit. Lesions first started on old leaves and then developed on leaves in the middle part of the canopy. Leaf lesions were observed on melon cvs. Ananas, Honeydew Greenflesh, and Israeli. Disease severity ranged from 3 to 20% of the leaf area affected. Small pieces (3 × 3 mm) of tissue removed from the margin between healthy and diseased tissue were surface disinfected in 0.5% NaOCl for 2 min and plated on acidified, ¼-strength potato dextrose agar. Isolations made from diseased tissue frequently (61%) yielded fungal colonies with morphological features and spore dimensions that were consistent with the description of A. alternata f. sp. cucurbitae (1,3). Fungal isolates were characterized by small, short-beaked, multicellular conidia. Conidia were ovoid, obclavate, and sometimes ellipsoidal with the average overall body length of 39 μm (range, 17 to 80 μm) and width of 14 μm (range, 7 to 20 μm). Conidia were produced on short conidiophores in chains. The beaks were short (often less than one-third the body length) and conical or cylindrical. Pathogenicity of six single-spore isolates was determined on four melon cultivars (Honeydew Greenflesh, Israeli, Tam Dew, and Topmark) and one watermelon cultivar (Sugar Baby) in a greenhouse. Twenty plants of each cultivar at the one-true-leaf stage were sprayed with a conidial suspension (106 conidia/ml) of each isolate amended with 0.1% (vol/vol) of Tween 20 until runoff (1.5 to 2 ml per plant). Inoculation with sterile distilled water amended with 0.1% Tween 20 served as controls. The plants were placed in a dew growth chamber for 48 h at 24°C and subsequently maintained in a greenhouse at 21 to 29°C. At 4 to 5 days after inoculation, each isolate induced leaf lesions on each inoculated cultivar similar to typical lesions observed in the field. There was no significant difference in disease severity among the cultivars tested or between melon and watermelon. Control plants remained symptomless. The fungus was readily reisolated from symptomatic tissues. To our knowledge, this is the first report of A. alternata f. sp. cucurbitae causing Alternaria leaf spot of melon in the Mid-Atlantic United States and the only report outside Georgia in the southern region of the United States (D. B. Langston, personal communication) and Greece. References: (1) D. L. Vakalounakis. Plant Dis. 74:227, 1990. (2) D. L. Vakalounakis. Ann. Appl. Biol. 117:507, 1990. (3) D. L. Vakalounakis. Alternaria leaf spot. Page 24 in: Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases. T. A. Zitter et al., eds. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 1996. (4) D. L. Vakalounakis and N. E. Malathrakis. J. Phytopathol. 121:325, 1988.

scholarly journals First report in Southern Brazil of Alternaria alternata causing Alternaria leaf spot in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 491-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dall Agnol Miguel ◽  
Rockenbach de Avila Mariana ◽  
Antonio Martinelli Jose ◽  
Beatriz Pinto da Silva Gerarda ◽  
Schneider Canny Raquel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicago Sativa ◽  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
First Report ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot

scholarly journals First Report of Alternaria alternata Causing Leaf Spot of Senecio cannabifolius in China

Plant Disease ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 1028
Author(s):  
S. Chen ◽  
D. Yang ◽  
L. Yang ◽  
H. Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
First Report

scholarly journals First Report of an Alternaria Leaf Spot of Wheat in the U.S.A.

Plant Disease ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 101 (7) ◽  
pp. 1326-1326 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Fulcher ◽  
J. A. Cummings ◽  
G. C. Bergstrom
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Spot ◽  
First Report ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot

scholarly journals Alternaria leaf spot of broccoli caused by Alternaria alternata in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayma T. Nira ◽  
Md. Farhad Hossain ◽  
Nur Uddin Mahmud ◽  
Oliul Hassan ◽  
Md. Tofazzal Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternaria Alternata ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Pathogenicity Test ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Alternaria Leaf Spot ◽  
Cultural Methods ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Alternaria Sp

  This study aimed to isolate and characterise the pathogen associated with Alternaria leaf spot on broccoli and to evaluate the inhibitory effects of fungicides against it. We isolated and identified the fungal pathogen as Alternaria sp. using morphological and cultural methods. Based on the aligned sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and molecular phylogenetic analysis by the neighbour-joining method, the isolates (Ab1 and Ab2) were confirmed as Alternaria alternata. The conidia of the isolates were dark brown, cylindrical, obclavate to muriform. The conidiophores were olivaceous brown, septate, and branched. The conidial morphology of the isolates ranged from 52.4–92.4 × 10–20 μm with 2–6 transverse and 0–3 longitudinal septa. Both isolates yielded positive results in the pathogenicity test on broccoli leaves by developing brown and circular spots with concentric rings on the leaves surrounded by yellow halos. The culture studies revealed that the maximum growth of the pathogen was obtained at 30 °C and pH 6.0. Tilt 250 WC showed the highest potential in suppressing the mycelial growth of the A. alternata in vitro at a concentration as low as 50 µg/mL. The results from this study contributed to the positive identification of the pathogen and characterised A. alternata as a destructive pathogen of broccoli which may be successfully controlled by the fungicide Tilt.  

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