Colletotrichum gossypii

Colletotrichum gossypii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Glomerellales
Family: Glomerellaceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species: C. gossypii
Binomial name
Colletotrichum gossypii
Southw. (1891)
Synonyms

Colletotrichum gossypii is a plant pathogen. This fungus is related to cotton plants where it causes anthracnose. Its reproduction in the plants is asexual.[1] The conidia have only one nucleus. Before conidia germination fusion by mean of conidial anastomosis tube could happen. The conidia could germinate in media plates.[2]

References

  1. Hasselbring H. (1906). "The appressoria of the Anthracnoses". Botanical Gazette 42 (2): 135–142. doi:10.1086/328937.
  2. Roca M., M.G.; Davide, L.C.; Davide, L.M.; Mendes-Costa, M.C.; Schwan, R.F.; Wheals, A. (2004). "Conidial anastomoses fusions between Colletotrichum species". Mycological Research 108 (11): 1320–1326. doi:10.1017/S0953756204000838.

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