Alternaria dauci
| Species: | Alternaria dauci (Kühn) Groves & Skolko |
| Original References: |
Kühn, J. 1855. Ueber das Befallen des Rapses und die Krankheit der Möhrenblätter. Hedwigia 1: 86-91. Groves and Stolko. 1944. Canadian Journal Res., C, 22: 222. |
| Additional Reference: | Simmons, E. G. 1995. Alternaria themes and variations (112-144). Mycotaxon 55:151. |
| Conidia: | (on PCA) mature conidia typically 280-350 x 5-24 µm including filamentous beak (200-250 x 5 µm), long ellipsoid to obclavate, some smooth but most are punctulate or occasionally distinctly ornamented, medium to dark olivaceous brown, , 8-11 transverse septa,1 (rarely 2-3) longitudinal septa, solitary. |
| Conidiophore: | (on PCA) 30-100 x 5 µm, medium olivaceous brown, and either simple or 1-2 geniculate and conidiogenous. |
| Disease: | Alternaria leaf blight |
| Host: | Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. [carrot] |
| Alternaria species | Alternaria Online | Plant pathology | Agricultural and Life Sciences |