title: A Novel Alternaria Species Isolated from Peucedanum japonicum in Korea.
abstract: We isolated and examined a new Alternaria sp., which causes leaf spots on Peucedanum japonicum in Korea, by using molecular and morphological methods. Phylogenetic analysis based on a combined internal transcribed spacer region analysis and two protein-coding genes (gpd and Alt a1) demonstrated that the causal fungus was most closely related to A. cinerariae and A. sonchi, and relevant to A. brassicae. However, conidial morphology indicated that it is a novel species within the genus Alternaria, and therefore we have assigned the fungus a new name in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China.
authors.forename: Jian Xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Ginseng Resources Institute, Korea Ginseng Corporation, Daejeon 305-805, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
authors.forename: Narayan Chandra
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyang Burm
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu
keywords: Alternaria; Morphology; Phylogenetic analyses; Taxonomy