Colletotrichum sublineolum

Colletotrichum sublineolum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Glomerellales
Family: Glomerellaceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species: C. sublineolum
Binomial name
Colletotrichum sublineolum
Henn. [as 'sublineola'], (1913)

Colletotrichum sublineolum is a plant pathogen that causes anthracnose in wild rice and sorghum.

Colletotrichum sublineola (wrongly named for many years as Colletotrichum sublineolum), is the causal agent of sorghum anthracnose, which is one of the most important diseases in sorghum and can cause losses up to 25%.

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