First Report of Anthracnose Disease on Jatropha curcas Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Korea

In the summers of 2010 and 2011, an anthracnose disease was observed on the Jatropha curcas L. grown at the research field of Gyeongsangnam‐do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, South Korea. The symptoms included the appearance of dark brown spots on the leaf and fruit and the mummificati...

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Published in:Journal of phytopathology 2012-05, Vol.160 (5), p.255-257
Main Authors: Kwon, Jin‐Hyeuk, Choi, Okhee, Kim, Jinwoo, Kwak, Youn‐Sig
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agar
agricultural research
anthracnose
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
conidia
extension education
fungi
Glomerella cingulata
internal transcribed spacers
Jatropha curcas
leaves
pathogenicity
ribosomal DNA
Solanum tuberosum
temperature
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Summary:In the summers of 2010 and 2011, an anthracnose disease was observed on the Jatropha curcas L. grown at the research field of Gyeongsangnam‐do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, South Korea. The symptoms included the appearance of dark brown spots on the leaf and fruit and the mummification of the fruit. The causal fungus formed grey to dark grey colony on potato dextrose agar. Conidia were single celled, ovoid or oblong, and 8–15 × 3–5 μm in size while seta was dark brown, cone‐shaped and 25–46 × 2–6 μm in size. The optimum temperature for growth was approximately 30°C. On the basis of mycological characteristics, pathogenicity test and molecular identification using internal transcribed spacer rDNA sequence, the fungus was identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an anthracnose caused by C. gloeosporioides on J. curcas plant in Korea.
ISSN:0931-1785
1439-0434
DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0434.2012.01890.x