Ruminant diets include cereals, protein feeds, their by-products as well as hay and grass,
grass/legume, whole-crop maize, small grain or sorghum silages. Furthermore, ruminants …

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 is one of the major mycotoxigenic fungal genera with more than 70 reported
metabolites. Alternaria mycotoxins showed notably toxicity, such as mutagenicity …

Alternaria causes pathogenic disease on various economically important crops having
saprophytic to endophytic lifecycle. Pathogenic fungi of Alternaria species produce many …

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 …

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 …

Necrotrophic fungal pathogens of the genus Alternaria are globally recognized as one of the
most destructive plant pathogens in most of the industrially and agriculturally important crops …

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 …

Highlights•Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by filamentous
fungi.•Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria and Fusarium are the main toxigenic …

The use of synthetic fungicides against postharvest Alternaria rot adversely affects human
health and the environment. In this study, as a safe alternative to fungicides, Bacillus subtilis …