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Alternaria Diseases of Crucifers: Biology, Ecology and Disease Management

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Alternaria is an ubiquitous fungal genus that includes saprobic, endophytic and pathogenic species. It is associated with a wide variety of substrates including seeds, plants, agricultural products, animals, soil and atmosphere. Species of Alternaria are known as serious plant pathogens, causing major losses on a wide range of crops. There are over 4000 Alternaria/host associations recorded in the USDA Fungal Host Index ranking the genus 10th among nearly 2000 fungal genera based on the total number of host records. While very few species appear to have a sexual stage (Pleospora) to their life cycle, the most lack sexuality altogether. Several species of Alternaria with their taxonomic and morphological characteristics, pathogenic nature, and synonymous along with distribution have been described extensively (Elliott 1917; Neergaard 1945; Ellis 1971, 1976; Simmons 1967, 2002, 2007).

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Singh Saharan, G., Mehta, N., Meena, P.D. (2016). Introduction. In: Alternaria Diseases of Crucifers: Biology, Ecology and Disease Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0021-8_1

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