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Alternaria raphani

Alternaria raphani is a fungal plant pathogen. This species of pathogen causes small dark spots on leaves and seed capsules, which grow and turn brown with concentric rings of fungal growth.

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Alternaria raphani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Alternaria
Species:
A. raphani
Binomial name
Alternaria raphani
J.W. Groves & Skolko (1944)

Alternaria raphani is a fungal plant pathogen.1 This species of pathogen causes small dark spots (1-2mm in diameter) on leaves and seed capsules, which grow and turn brown with concentric rings of fungal growth.2

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References

  1. Su, X. J.; Yu, H.; Zhou, T.; Li, X.-Z.; Gong, J.; Chu, C. L. (2005-09-01). "First Report of Alternaria raphani Causing Black Patches on Chinese Radish During Postharvest Storage in Canada". Plant Disease. 89 (9): 1015. Bibcode:2005PlDis..89.1015S. doi:10.1094/PD-89-1015C. ISSN 0191-2917. PMID 30786654.
  2. "Alternaria raphani". Syngenta Seedcare. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
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