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Alternaria solani andA. nyctanthi, these pathogens causing leafspot disease were able to metabolize a variety of nitrogen compounds when grown on different culture media. The amount of growth varied with the nitrogen source. Peptone produced the best zonation when added in definite proportion to the yeast extract medium. Ammonium compounds were found to be moderately effective for growth but poor for sporulation. The effect of adding succinic acid in media containing ammonium sources and the role of pH in the utilization of nitrite nitrogen was investigated.
The fungus gave more vegetative growth on a mixture of aminoacids than in culture media in which the same amino acids were supplied singly to study the effect produced on growth and sporulation.
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Rajderkar, N.R. Effect of yeast extract and succinic acid on growth and sporulation of alternaria species. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 29, 121–124 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02055065
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