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Alternaria Metabolites

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Metabolites of the genus Alternaria are apparently ubiquitous and have long been recognized as important plant pathogens, causing diverse diseases such as tobacco brown spot (453), potato and tomato blight (Fig. 11.1), and citrus seedling chlorosis (454). Although A. alternata has been regarded as the major mycotoxin-producing species, other species such as A. citri, A. longipes, A. solani, and the A. arborescens, A. infectoria, and A. tenuissima species groups also produce the characteristic Alternaria mycotoxins (455).

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Bräse, S. et al. (2013). Alternaria Metabolites. In: The Chemistry of Mycotoxins. Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, vol 97. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1312-7_11

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