Alternaria padwickii

Alternaria padwickii is a plant pathogen that attacks rice. It is associated with the disease stackburn, otherwise known as alternaria leaf spot.

Alternaria padwickii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Alternaria
Species:
A. padwickii
Binomial name
Alternaria padwickii
(Ganguly) M.B. Ellis, (1971)
Synonyms

Trichoconiella padwickii (Ganguly) B.L. Jain, (1976)
Trichoconis padwickii Ganguly, (1948)

Rice grown in northeast Argentina commonly suffers from A. padwickii[1] and the particular strains found there are highly resistant to carboxin and moderately resistant to a few other fungicides.[1]

References

  1. Lovato Echeverria, Alfonso D.; Gutiérrez, Susana A.; Carmona, Marcelo A. (2017). "Sensibilidad in vitro de Trichoconiella padwickii a diversos principios activos usados como fungicidas en el cultivo del arroz". Revista Argentina de Microbiología (in Spanish). Elsevier BV. 49 (1): 70–74. doi:10.1016/j.ram.2016.11.002. ISSN 0325-7541. PMID 28284521.


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