Colletotrichum gossypii

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.[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]

  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.