Colletotrichum gossypii
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Colletotrichum gossypii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Incertae sedis
Order: Phyllachorales
Family: Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species: C. gossypii
Binomial name
Colletotrichum gossypii
Southw., (1890)
Synonyms

Glomerella gossypii Edgerton, (1909)

Colletotrichum gossypii is a plant pathogen. This fungi is related to cotton plants where causes anthracnose. It reproduction in the plants is asexually (1). 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 (2).

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References

1. Hasselbring H. 1906. The Appressoria of the Anthracnoses. Botanical Gazette. 42(2):135-142

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, 1320-1326.

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