Plant Pathogenic Alternaria Species in Libya - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.2 No.7, July 2015

Plant Pathogenic Alternaria Species in Libya ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1101662 1,837 Downloads 3,101 Views Citations

Author(s)

Abdalla M. El-Alwany

Affiliation(s)

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya.

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to identify unknown Alternaria species or less known as plant pathogenic anamorphic fungi from Benghazi District. Plant materials with fungal signs and symptoms were collected and examined to identify causal agents. Five species—A. brassicae (on Eruca sativa), A. longipes (on Nicotiana glauca), A. tenuissima (on Ficus carica), A. triticicola (on Hordeum vulgare L.) and Alternaria state of Pleospora infectoria (on Avena sativa)—were reported as plant pathogenic and new to Libyan mycobiota.

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