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Alternaria

Biology, Plant Diseases and Metabolites

J. Chelkowski, A. Visconti (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

586 Seiten

1992
Elsevier Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-444-88998-0 (ISBN)

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Fungi of the genus Alternaria possess very intriguing characteristics. They are some of the most cosmopolitan in terms of both their biological environments, and as agricultural commodities. Some pathotypes of Alternaria produce host specific toxins, while numerous metabolites have been found to be toxic to humans and animals and as such are important food and feed contaminants of a significance not yet properly elucidated. This volume has been divided into two parts. In Part I, questions are presented regarding Alternaria ecology, nomenclature, identification, most important plant diseases and methods of their control. Important physico-chemical and biological properties, toxicology and biosynthesis of Alternaria metabolites are described in Part II. There are over 400 Alternaria taxons in the literature and there remains a need to develop a more unified system of nomenclature within the genus. Alternaria infect numerous plant species and nearly all plant species of importance are recorded here. Examples of the most economically important diseases of such plants as cotton, vegetables, potatoes, tomatoes, carrot and linseed are reviewed in detail.
Epidemiology questions are described and most advanced research on the significance of host-specific Alternaria toxins in plant diseases is reviewed. Part II elucidates the important characteristics of Alternaria metabolites; their structures, spectra, producers, and biological properties. Over 70 Alternaria metabolites of diverse structure and biological activity are known. Most of them are produced only by the Alternaria species. This book is suitable for specialists as well as students of plant pathology, mycology and toxicology working in the fields of plant disease and toxic fungal metabolites.

List of Contributors. Preface. PART 1. BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, TAXONOMY, PLANT DISEASES AND CONTROL 1. Alternaria taxonomy: Current Status, Viewpoint, Challenge (E. G. Simmons). 2. Occurrence of Alternaria Species in Countries of the Far East and their Taxonomy (S.-H. Yu). 3. Ecology and Nomenclature of Alternaria (H. Kwasna). 4. Ecological and Evolutionary Roles of Toxins from Alternaria Species Pathogenic to Plants (R. P. Scheffer). 5. Host-Specific Toxins of Alternaria Species (H. Otani, K. Kohmoto). 6. In Vitro Selection for Tobacco Cultivar Resistant to Alternaria alternata (Y. Ishida). 7. Alternaria Species that Attack Vegetable Crops: Biology and Options for Disease Management (J. O. Strandberg). 8. Alternaria Plant Diseases in Mediterranean Countries and Associated Mycotoxins (A. Bottalico, A. Logrieco). 9. Alternaria -Blight of Cotton: Epidemiology and Transmission (Y. Bashan, N. Y. Hernandes-Saavedra). 10. Epidemiology and Control of Dark Leaf Spot of Brassicas (F. M. Humpherson-Jones). 11. Alternaria Diseases of Linseed (B. D. L. Fitt, I. Vloutoglou). 12. Occurrence of Alternaria Species in Poland (H. Kwasna). 13. Carrot Seed-Borne Diseases Caused by Alternaria Species (K. Tylkowska). 14. Early Blight of Potato in some Regions of Eastern Europe (J. Kuczynska). 15. Metabolites Produced by Alternaria Species and their Natural Occurrence in Poland (J. Grabarkiewicz-Szczesna, J. Chelkowski). 16. Effects of Environment on Growth and Mycotoxin Production by Alternaria (J. Lacey). PART II. METABOLITES: PROPERTIES, BIOSYNTHESIS AND TOXICOLOGY 17. Toxicology of Alternaria Mycotoxins (M. A. Woody, F. S. Chu). 18. Regulation of Mycotoxin Biosynthesis in Alternaria (P. Haggblom, M. Hiltunen). 19. Alternaria Metabolites - Chemical and Biological Data (N. Montemurro, A. Visconti). Subject Index. Index of Fungi.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.5.1992
Reihe/Serie	Topics in Secondary Metabolism ; v. 3
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-444-88998-1 / 0444889981
ISBN-13	978-0-444-88998-0 / 9780444889980
Zustand	Neuware