Alternaria triticina

Taxobox
name = "Alternaria triticina"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Ascomycota
classis = Dothideomycetes
subclassis = Pleosporomycetidae
ordo = Pleosporales
familia = Pleosporaceae
genus = "Alternaria"
species = "A. triticina"
binomial = "Alternaria triticina"
binomial_authority = Prasada & Prabhu, (1963)

"Alternaria triticina" is a plant pathogen that causes leaf blight on wheat. It was first identified in India in 1962 [Prasada R, Prabhu AS, 1962. Leaf blight of wheat caused by a new species of Alternaria. Indian Phytopathology 15, 292-293.] and still causes significant yield loss to wheat crops on the Indian subcontinent. The disease causes necrotic leaf lesions and in severe cases seeds will become shriveled.

[http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
[http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]

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