Alternaria carthami Chowdhury 1944

alternaria blight of safflower

on Carthamus

parasite

Leaf spots with amphigenous caespituli. Conidia solitary or in short chains, 15-26 x 60-110 µm with 7-11 transversal and 1-7 longitudinal septa and 25-160 µm long, sometimes bifurcated beak.

host plants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Carthamus.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 658), Melgarejo Nárdiz, García-Jiménez, Jordá Gutiérrez, ao (2010a).