Alternaria nobilis

Alternaria • Pleosporales • Dothideomycetes • Ascomycota • fungi • plant diseases • pests-diseases-weeds

conidia and conidiophores of Alternaria sect. Gypsophilae - A-B: A. axiariisporifera, C-D: A. ellipsoidea, E-G: A. saponariae, H-I: A. vaccariae, J-K: A. nobilis, L-M: A. juxtiseptata, N-P: A. vaccariicola. Scale = 10 µm (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): J.H.C. Woudenberg, J.Z. Groenewald, M. Binder and P.W. Crous
Source: Studies in Mycology, 2013, 75, p. 195

Alternaria nobilis (Vize) E.G. Simmons, 2002

This fungus causes leaf spot diseases on carnation (Dianthus) and other plants. It belongs to the Gypsophilae section of Alternaria species.

Publications covering Alternaria nobilis

Plant Disease (2013) 97, p. 424 (Garibaldi et al.)
A. Garibaldi, D. Bertetti, A. Poli and M.L. Gullino (2013)
First report of leaf spot of Saponaria officinalis caused by Alternaria nobilis in Italy

Studies in Mycology (2013) 75, 171-212
J.H.C. Woudenberg, J.Z. Groenewald, M. Binder and P.W. Crous (2013)
Alternaria redefined