Colletotrichum gossypii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Glomerellales |
Family: | Glomerellaceae |
Genus: | Colletotrichum |
Species: | C. gossypii |
Binomial name | |
Colletotrichum gossypii Southw., (1890) |
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Synonyms | |
Glomerella gossypii Edgerton, (1909) |
Colletotrichum gossypii is a plant pathogen. This fungus 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]