Species diversity and molecular characterization of Alternaria section Alternaria isolates collected mainly from cereal crops in Canada.

ABSTRACT: Alternaria is often one on the most abundant fungal genera recovered from a wide array of plant hosts and environmental substrates. Many species within the sub-generic Alternaria section Alternaria are common plant pathogens that cause pre-harvest losses due to reduced productivity and post-harvest losses due to spoilage and contamination with mycotoxins. As certain species of Alternaria may have distinct mycotoxin profiles, and very broad host ranges, understanding the distribution of species by geography and host is critical for disease prediction, toxicological risk assessment, and guiding regulatory decisions. In two previous reports, we performed phylogenomic analyses to identify highly informative molecular markers for Alternaria section Alternar

SUBMITTER: Dettman JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249498 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature