New members of Alternaria (Pleosporales, Pleosporaceae) collected from Apiaceae in Algeria.

ABSTRACT: Alternaria species have often been reported as plant pathogens and are commonly isolated from diseased plant hosts. During an investigation of this genus in Algeria, seven Embellisia-like isolates were collected from Apiaceae. Phylogenetic analysis using sequences at four loci, the internal transcribed spacer of the rDNA region (ITS), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gpd), translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1), and RNA polymerase second largest subunit (rpb2), revealed that these isolates grouped into three sections, namely Embellisia, Embellisioides, and Eureka. Four isolates had significant differences with their closest species and were determined to be new species, namely Alternarialongiformis and A.radicicola s

SUBMITTER: Bessadat N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11815330 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature