Alternaria padwickii is a plant pathogen that attacks rice. It is associated with the disease stackburn, otherwise known as alternaria leaf spot.

Alternaria padwickii
Rice leaves with stack burn (Alternaria leaf spot) symptoms
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Alternaria
Species:
A. padwickii
Binomial name
Alternaria padwickii
(Ganguly) M.B. Ellis, (1971)
Synonyms

Trichoconiella padwickii (Ganguly) B.L. Jain, (1976)
Trichoconis padwickii Ganguly, (1948)

Rice grown in northeast Argentina commonly suffers from A. padwickii[1] and the particular strains found there are highly resistant to carboxin and moderately resistant to a few other fungicides[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lovato Echeverria, Alfonso D.; Gutiérrez, Susana A.; Carmona, Marcelo A. (2017). "Sensibilidad in vitro de Trichoconiella padwickii a diversos principios activos usados como fungicidas en el cultivo del arroz". Revista Argentina de Microbiología (in Spanish). 49 (1). Elsevier BV: 70–74. doi:10.1016/j.ram.2016.11.002. ISSN 0325-7541. PMID 28284521.
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