Colletotrichum gossypii
| Colletotrichum gossypii | |
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| Colletotrichum gossypii on cotton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Glomerellales |
| Family: | Glomerellaceae |
| Genus: | Colletotrichum |
| Species: | C. gossypii
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| Binomial name | |
| Colletotrichum gossypii Southw. (1891)
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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]
References
- ^ Hasselbring H. (1906). "The appressoria of the Anthracnoses". Botanical Gazette. 42 (2): 135–142. doi:10.1086/328937. S2CID 84721515.
- ^ 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.