ABSTRACT Strawberry anthracnose was observed for the first time in Israel in 1995. The disease reached epidemic proportions in Israeli nurseries and production fields in 1995 and 1996. Using morphological and cultural characteristics, the species responsible for anthracnose was identified as Colletotrichum acutatum. A reliable semi-selective medium, amended with iprodione and lactic acid, was u...

Anthracnose is a destructive disease of weakened or senescent turf caused by the fungus Colletotrichum cereale. The disease occurs throughout the world on almost all turfgrass species but is particularly severe on annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.). It has been suggested that management practices commonly employed on golf courses may be enhancing abiotic stress and thus predisposing turf to anthra...

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum is a hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen that causes anthracnose disease in common bean. Despite the genetics of anthracnose resistance has been studied for a long time, few quantitative trait loci (QTLs) studies have been conducted on this species. The present work examines the genetic basis of quantitative resistance to races 23 and 1545 of C. lindemuthianum in differ...

Endophytes colonize an ecological niche similar to that of phytopathogens, which make them candidate for disease suppression. Anthracnose is a disease caused by Colletotrichum spp., a phytopathogen that can infect guarana (Paullinia cupana), an important commercial crop in the Brazilian Amazon. We investigated the diversity of endophytic bacteria inhabiting the phyllosphere of asymptomatic and ...

Sorghum anthracnose is a highly variable pathogen and occurs in most sorghum producing regions worldwide. The disease can be managed using resistant varieties, but additional sources of resistance are needed for sorghum improvement. Germplasm collections are an important resource for the identification of host plant resistance and the 132 sorghum landraces from the Sikasso region of Mali were i...

The present study investigated the suppression of the disease development of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum in harvested apples using an antagonistic rhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa APEC128 (APEC128). Out of 30 bacterial isolates from apple rhizosphere screened for antagonistic activity, the most effective strain was APEC128 as inferred from the size ...

The antagonistic activities of five biocontrol agents: Trichoderma harzianum, Gliocladium roseum, Bacillus subtilis, Streptomyces noursei and Streptomyces natalensis, were tested in vitro against Colletotrichum acutatum and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, the causal agents of anthracnose disease in fruit crops. The microbial antagonists inhibited mycelial growth in the dual culture assay and co...

turfgrass species throughout the world, but is particularly severe on weakened or senescent annual blue­ grass (Poa annua L.) turf. Anthracnose is caused by the fungus Colletotrichum cereale (Manns, Crouch, Clarke, and Hillman), which persists in turf as a saprophyte in thatch or infected plant material. Typically, the fungus can become pathogenic and infect leaf, stem, or root tissue when an e...

The tulip tree (Liriodendron chinense) has been widely cultivated in Korea as a street or garden tree for its large flowers, which have a superficial resemblance to tulips. Occurrence of anthracnose disease on the leaves of tulip trees growing on the campus of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea, has been observed. Based on mycological characteristics, pathogenicity, and internal trans...

Anthracnose, which is caused by the fungus Colletotrichium gloeosporides, is a widespread and destructive disease on container-grown azalea. This disease is especially common in container nurseries, which are located near the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Anthracnose is a hot, wet weather disease. This year, frequent showers and daily cloud cover through...