Alternaria: biology, plant diseases and metabolites.

Abstract

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.