Alternaria dianthicola

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Alternaria dianthicola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Alternaria
Species:
A. dianthicola
Binomial name
Alternaria dianthicola
Neerg. (1945)

Alternaria dianthicola is a fungal plant pathogen, including Withania somnifera (winter cherry) tree leaves in India. [1]

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References

  1. Maiti, C. K.; Sen, S.; Paul, A. K.; Acharya, K. (2007-04-01). "First Report of Alternaria dianthicola Causing Leaf Blight on Withania somnifera from India". Plant Disease. 91 (4): 467–467. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-91-4-0467B . ISSN   0191-2917.