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Colletotrichum gossypii

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(Redirected from Glomerella gossypii) Species of fungus

Colletotrichum gossypii
"Colletotrichum gossypii" on cotton
Colletotrichum gossypii on cotton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 affiliated with cotton plants where it causes anthracnose. Its reproduction in the plants is asexual. 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.

References

  1. Hasselbring H. (1906). "The appressoria of the Anthracnoses". Botanical Gazette. 42 (2): 135–142. doi:10.1086/328937. S2CID 84721515.
  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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.463.3369. doi:10.1017/S0953756204000838. PMID 15587065.
Taxon identifiers
Colletotrichum gossypii


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