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Strains of Colletotrichum coffeanum Noack Causing Coffee Berry Disease in Angola and Malawi with Characteristics Different to the Kenya Strain
Author(s) -
Rodrigues C. J.,
Varzea V. M. P.,
Hindorf H.,
Medeiros Emilia F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1991.tb01189.x
Subject(s) - biology , berry , coffea arabica , colletotrichum gloeosporioides , conidium , cultivar , colletotrichum , strain (injury) , rubiaceae , horticulture , botany , anatomy
Strains of Colletotrichum isolated from berries of Coffea arabica from Angola and Malawi were identified as C. coffeanum causing coffee berry disease (CBD). The isolates were highly aggressive to berries of the cultivar ‘Catimor’ and produced high numbers of acervuli and extremely large masses of pink conidia when cultivated in the dark. These strains are apparently different in aggressiveness and morphology to those described in the past from Kenya.