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Andrew K. Gonsalves, Educational Specialist
Stephen A. Ferreira, Extension Plant Pathologist
Department of Plant Pathology, CTAHR
University of Hawaii and Manoa
Over twenty Alternaria species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Alternaria) and the hosts they infect. The list is organized by the scientific name of the pathogen species (CAPITAL LETTERS), followed by the symptom or disease a given pathogen causes on the listed hosts.
ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA
From dark necrotic flecks on flowers:
Fruit Spot:
Leafspot:
ALTERNARIA BRASSICAE
Gray Leafspot:
ALTERNARIA BRASSICAE f.sp. PHASEOLI
ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA
Black Leafspot:
ALTERNARIA CUCUMERINA
Leaf Blight:
ALTERNARIA DAUCI
ALTERNARIA DIANTHI
Blight:
ALTERNARIA DIANTHICOLA
Flower Blight:
ALTERNARIA GERBERAE
ALTERNARIA GOMPHRENAE
ALTERNARIA OLERACEA
ALTERNARIA PANAX
ALTERNARIA PASSIFLORAE
Leaf and Pod Spot:
ALTERNARIA PORRI
Purple Blotch:
ALTERNARIA SOLANI
Early Blight:
ALTERNARIA SONCHI
ALTERNARIA SP.
Other:
ALTERNARIA TENUIS
ALTERNARIA TOMATO
Nailhead Spot:
ALTERNARIA ?ZINNIAE
Alternaria Blight:
KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)
DIVISION: Eumycota (eumycetes)
SUBDIVISION: Deuteromycotina (The imperfect fungi)
CLASS: Hyphomycetes
ORDER: Hyphales (Moniliales)
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Agrios, G.N. 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd edition. Academic Press, Inc: San Diego. 803 pp.
Farr, , D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, and A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. APS PRESS: St. Paul, Minnesota. 1252 pp.
Raabe, Robert D., Ibra L. Conners, and Albert P. Martinez. 1981. Checklist of Plant Diseases in Hawaii. Hawaii Institute of Agriculture and Human Resources, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii (Information Text Series 022).
Streets, R.B. 1982. The Diagnosis of Plant Diseases: a field and laboratory manual emphasizing the most practical methods for rapid identification. The University of Arizona Press: Tucson, Arizona.
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