Colletotrichum gossypii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Glomerellales |
Family: | Glomerellaceae |
Genus: | Colletotrichum |
Species: | C. gossypii |
Binomial name | |
Colletotrichum gossypii Southw. (1891) |
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Colletotrichum gossypii is a plant pathogen. This fungus is related to cotton plants where it causes anthracnose. Its reproduction in the plants is asexual. 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.