Alternaria longipes
brown spot of tobacco
Alternaria brassicae var. tabaci, Alternaria tenuis f.sp. tabaci, Macrosporium longipes
Worldwide
Widespread
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fungus
Korea
tobacco
ALTELO
Korea lists this pathogen as Alternaria spp. This pathogen has been reported in Korea (Farr and Rossman, 2020). Tobacco is the only economic host of this pathogen. Occasional reports on some vegetables. Seed is not known to be a pathway (CABI, 2020)
4 Known Hosts
Daucus carota
carrot
No
ALTELO-2,ALTELO-3
Not a host. Vintel, et.al., 2002 identified this pathogen on carrot fields infected with A. dauci and did not prove pathogenicity.
Farr, D.F., and Rossman, A.Y. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. 2020, http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/
Vintal H, Shtienberg D, Shlevin E, and Ben-Noon E. 2002. First report of leaf blight caused by Alternaria longipes on carrots in Israel. Plant Disease 86: 186
Capsicum annuum
pepper
No
ALTELO-1,ALTELO-2
Pepper has only been referenced as a host from Turkey in the 1930's (Farr and Rossman, 2020). There have been no other reports of pepper as a host.
Solanum lycopersicum
tomato
No
ALTELO-1
Not a host. Tomato has only been inoculated in the laboratory. No reports of natural infections of the pathogen.
Alternaria longipes. In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Helianthus annuus
sunflower
No
ALTELO-1
CABI (2020) lists sunflower as a non-economical host. However, no other reference was found indicating sunflower is a host. Seed is not known to be a pathway for this pathogen.
Alternaria longipes. In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
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