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Alternaria radicina on Daucus carota

  • Credits / Owner: Céline Le Guisquet, GEVES
  • Submission date: 2025-07-29 20:25:35
  • Submission ID: #184

Pathogen

Scientific name

Alternaria radicina

Genus

Alternaria

EPPO code

ALTERA

Common name

Carrot black rot

Synonyms

Stemphylium radicinum

Crop

Daucus carota

More about Alternaria radicina

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Description

Mycelium of Alternaria radicina. Mycelium shape : thick, airy, downy, not very extensive, septate. Mycelium color : dark green. Conidia : Free-living, brown, multicellular, ellipsoidal Size: 27 - 57 (up to 75) x 9 - 27 µm. Typical symptoms induced by Alternaria radicina on carrot : For seeds : lack of emergence or damping off. Seedlings : premature yellowing and leaf drop, spots on roots.


Growth time: 7 days
Lighting: Dark
Agar: Malt Agar
Sample origin: France