Wu, Wen-Shi & Yueh-Ling Li. A new species of Alternaria on cosmos seeds. Mycotaxon 91: 15-20. 2005.

ABSTRACT: This paper describes and illustrates a new species, Alternaria cosmosa, detected and isolated from seeds of yellow cosmos. It differs from other species of Alternaria in spore size, cultural characters and pathogenicity.

KEYWORDS: seed-borne pathogen, flower plant, Cosmos sulphureus