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Pathogen

Pathogen ID : ToPDB_PD010

Kingdome: Fungi

Phylum : Ascomycota

Class : Dothideomycetes

Subclass : Pleosporomycetidae

Order: Pleosporales

Family : Pleosporaceae

Genus: Alternaria

Species : A. alternata

Bionomial Name : Alternaria alternata

Synonymes : Alternaria fasciculata, Alternaria rugosa , Alternaria tenuis, Macrosporium fasciculatum , Torula alternata.

Disease cause : alternaria stem canker

Host distribution : Lycopersicon esculentum

Taxonomy ID : 5599

Lineage : Cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; saccharomyceta; Pezizomycotina; leotiomyceta;

dothideomyceta; Dothideomycetes; Pleosporomycetidae; Pleosporales; Pleosporineae; Pleosporaceae; Alternaria; Alternaria alternata group

Biocontrol: Basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium paludigenum

Chemical control: Calcium chloride

Biocontrol of Alternaria alternata on cherry tomato fruit by use of marine yeast Rhodosporidium paludigenum Fell & Tallman, Wang Y, Bao Y., Shen D., Feng W., Yu T., Zhang J., Zheng X.D., International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2008, 123(3): 234-9. PMID: 18378348.

Control of postharvest decay on cherry tomatoes by marine yeast Rhodosporidium paludigenum and calcium chloride, Wang Y., Ren X., Song X., Yu T., Lu H., Wang P., Wang J., Zheng X.D., Journal of applied micrbiology, 2010, 109(2):651-6. PMID: 20202023.