Alternaria solani Sorauer
(Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight)

Interactions where Alternaria solani is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages rotting fruit (sepal end)			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		rotting	fruit (sepal end)
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live stem			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	stem
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live			Solanum melongena	Aubergine, Eggplant	Solanales: Solanaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/	Solanum melongena	aubergine, eggplant		live			Rare
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Solanum nigrum	Black Nightshade	Solanales: Solanaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/	Solanum nigrum	black nightshade		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live above ground parts			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		live	above ground parts
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live stem			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/	Alternaria solani	potato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blight				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		live	stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight)
Genus	Alternaria (a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
Family	PLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Lane, C.	2010	Potato early blight - An update	1.

Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Anon.	2011	Potato early blight	Look out for!.. Plant Clinic News: 3.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight):

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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