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.[2]

References

  1. Falconi, Cesar E.; Visser, Richard G. F.; van Heusden, Sjaak (2015). "Influence of plant growth stage on resistance to anthracnose in Andean lupin (Lupinus mutabilis)". Crop and Pasture Science. 66 (7): 729. doi:10.1071/CP14104. ISSN 1836-0947.
  2. N.A. Peres and M.M. Dewdney, (2016). 2016 Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide: Ch. 22 "Postbloom Fruit Drop" Publication #PP-45, University of Florida IFAS Extension.


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