Alternaria Toxins: Potential Virulence Factors and Genes Related to Pathogenesis

M Meena, SK Gupta, P Swapnil, A Zehra… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to
endophytes and a very successful fungal pathogen that causes diseases to a number of …

Alternaria mycotoxins: an overview of chemical characterization, producers, toxicity, analysis and occurrence in foodstuffs

V Ostry - World Mycotoxin Journal, 2008 - wageningenacademic.com
Microfungi of the genus Alternaria are ubiquitous pathogens and saprophytes. Many species
of the genus Alternaria commonly cause spoilage of various food crops in the field or post …

Alternaria Mycotoxins: An Overview of Toxicity, Metabolism, and Analysis in Food

A Chen, X Mao, Q Sun, Z Wei, J Li, Y You… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The genus Alternaria is widely distributed in the environment. Numerous species of the
genus Alternaria can produce a variety of toxic secondary metabolites, called Alternaria …

Mycotoxins in harvested fruits and vegetables: Insights in producing fungi, biological role, conducive conditions, and tools to manage postharvest contamination

SM Sanzani, M Reverberi, R Geisen - Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The postharvest life of fruits and vegetables is influenced by several parameters, such as
physiological properties and biotic/abiotic stresses. In particular, a consistent portion of the …

Alternaria toxins and plant diseases: an overview of origin, occurrence and risks

A Logrieco, A Moretti… - World Mycotoxin …, 2009 - wageningenacademic.com
The genus Alternaria includes both plant-pathogenic and saprophytic species, which may
affect crops in the field or cause harvest and postharvest decay of plant products. The …

Alternaria in Food: Ecophysiology, Mycotoxin Production and Toxicology

HB Lee, A Patriarca, N Magan - Mycobiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Alternaria species are common saprophytes or pathogens of a wide range of plants pre-and
post-harvest. This review considers the relative importance of Alternaria species, their …

Alternaria species and their associated mycotoxins

VEF Pinto, A Patriarca - Mycotoxigenic Fungi: Methods and Protocols, 2017 - Springer
The genus Alternaria includes more than 250 species. The traditional methods for
identification of Alternaria species are based on morphological characteristics of the …

Toxigenic Alternaria species: impact in cereals worldwide

SM Tralamazza, KC Piacentini, CHT Iwase… - Current opinion in food …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Alternaria is a plant pathogen affecting a diverse range of cereals worldwide.•
Phylogenetic studies divided the genus Alternaria into 27 sections.•Controversial studies …

Characterization of Alternaria strains from Argentinean blueberry, tomato, walnut and wheat

B Andersen, KF Nielsen, VF Pinto… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Alternaria species have the ability to produce a variety of secondary metabolite, which plays
important roles in food safety. Argentina is the second largest exporter of fresh and …

Simultaneous analysis of twenty-six mycotoxins in durum wheat grain from Italy

C Juan, L Covarelli, G Beccari, V Colasante, J Mañes - Food Control, 2016 - Elsevier
A multi-mycotoxin analysis method based on liquid chromatography coupled to triple
quadrupole mass spectrometry was validated and applied for the determination of twenty-six …