Black Rot of Kiwifruit Caused by Alternaria alternata in Korea

Filamentous Fungi Transported by Birds During Migration Across the Mediterranean Sea

“…alternata as well as members of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Fusarium) are generally defined as plant pathogens and soil-borne but also allergens for humans and animals [12,16,17,20]. Moreover, most of these species found are well known producers of mycotoxins, common contaminants of foods and feeds [11].…”

Alternaria alternata (Black Rot, Black Spot)

“…Of the fungi which can infect fruits and vegetables, A. alternata can attack a wide range of agricultural products in many areas of the world and, indeed, its presence had been reported in Pakistan (Fatima et al, 2009), China , Australia (Harteveld et al, 2013), Bangladesh (Bashar et al, 2012), Mexico (Espinoza-Verduzco et al, 2012), Korea (Kwon et al, 2011), Greece (Elena, 2006), Oman (Al-Sadi et al, 2011), Argentina (Pose et al, 2010), Japan (Taba et al, 2009), India (Hubballi et al, 2010), Bulgaria (Mirkova and Konstantinova, 2003), the USA, Colombia, Turkey, South Africa and Israel (Peever et al, 2002), Spain (Vicent et al, 2000), Brazil (Peres et al, 2003), Peru (Marín et al, 2006) and Iran (Golmohammadi et al, 2006).…”

“…As mentioned above, besides A. alternata's presence in many regions of the world, this fungus has been found to be responsible for different diseases during the postharvest shelf-life of many different horticultural products including stem-end rot of mangoes (Amin et al, 2011), black rot in cherry tomatoes , core browning and moldy core of fuji apples , fruit spot on apples (Harteveld et al, 2013), moldy core and core rot in apples (Shtienberg, 2012), black rot of mandarins (Nemsa et al, 2012), black rot of kiwi fruit (Kwon et al, 2011), fruit rot in immature cucumbers (Al-Sadi et al, 2011), black spot in melons , moldy heart on peaches (Pose et al, 2010), brown spot disease on tangerines as well as in its related hybrids (Reis et al, 2006), fruit rot of Capsicum annuum (Anand et al, 2009), brown spot of mandarins (Fourie et al, 2009), Alternaria rot on figs (Doster and Michaillides, 2007), pericarp browning on litchi fruits (Sivakumar et al, 2007), Alternaria rot of pingguoli pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd. As mentioned above, besides A. alternata's presence in many regions of the world, this fungus has been found to be responsible for different diseases during the postharvest shelf-life of many different horticultural products including stem-end rot of mangoes (Amin et al, 2011), black rot in cherry tomatoes , core browning and moldy core of fuji apples , fruit spot on apples (Harteveld et al, 2013), moldy core and core rot in apples (Shtienberg, 2012), black rot of mandarins (Nemsa et al, 2012), black rot of kiwi fruit (Kwon et al, 2011), fruit rot in immature cucumbers (Al-Sadi et al, 2011), black spot in melons , moldy heart on peaches (Pose et al, 2010), brown spot disease on tangerines as well as in its related hybrids (Reis et al, 2006), fruit rot of Capsicum annuum (Anand et al, 2009), brown spot of mandarins (Fourie et al, 2009), Alternaria rot on figs (Doster and Michaillides, 2007), pericarp browning on litchi fruits (Sivakumar et al, 2007), Alternaria rot of pingguoli pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.…”

Domateste Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl’nın Bazı Bakteriler ile Biyolojik Mücadelesi

“…Meyve ve sebzeleri enfekte eden funguslardan Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler'in ise, dünyanın pek çok bölgesinde çok çeşitli tarımsal üründe hastalık oluşturduğu belirlenmiştir (Harteveld et al 2013, Kwon et al 2011, Taba et al 2009, Wang et al 2010a, 2010b. Bu etmen, domates meyvesinde ekonomik açıdan en önemli nekrotrofik patojenlerden biri olarak tanımlanmaktadır (Troncoso-Rojas and Tiznado-Hernández 2014).…”