Alternaria saponariae

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 saponariae (Peck) Neerg. 1938

This fungus causes leaf spot diseases on plants of the genus Saponaria. The spots are brown and circular with concentric zones and surrounded by chlorotic borders. In California, an outbreaks in 1998 has devastated a whole saponaria crop, grown for the cut flower market (Koike et al., 1999). A. saponariae belongs to the Gypsophilae section of Alternaria species.

Synonyms:
Macrosporium saponariae

Publications covering Alternaria saponariae

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

Plant Disease (1999) 83, p. 694 (Koike et al.)
S.T. Koike, D.M. Henderson, S.A. Tjosvold and E.G. Simmons (1999)
Outbreak of leaf spot of saponaria caused by Alternaria saponariae in California