Colletotrichum acutatum

Colletotrichum acutatum
Colletotrichum acutatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Glomerellales
Family: Glomerellaceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species: C. acutatum
Binomial name
Colletotrichum acutatum
J.H. Simmonds (1968)
Synonyms
  • Colletotrichum acutatum J.H. Simmonds (1965)
  • Glomerella acutata Guerber & J.C. Correll, (2001)

Colletotrichum acutatum is a plant pathogen. It is the organism that causes the most destructive fungal disease, anthracnose, of lupin species worldwide.[1] It also causes the disease Postbloom fruit drop on many varieties of Citrus, especially Valencia and navel oranges in Florida. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cesar E., et al. (2015). Influence of plant growth stage on resistance to anthracnose in Andean lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) Crop and Pasture Science 66(7) 729-734.


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