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First Report of Anthracnose Disease on Jatropha curcas Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Korea
Author(s) -
Kwon JinHyeuk,
Choi Okhee,
Kim Jinwoo,
Kwak YounSig
Publication year - 2012
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.1439-0434.2012.01890.x
Subject(s) - biology , potato dextrose agar , colletotrichum gloeosporioides , jatropha curcas , conidium , internal transcribed spacer , botany , spots , fruit rot , fungus , horticulture , pathogenicity , agar , ribosomal rna , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
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.