Cultural and morphological variations of Colletotrichum spp associated with anthracnose of various fruits in Cameroon

Cultural and morphological variations of Colletotrichum spp associated with anthracnose of various fruits in Cameroon



Keuete Kamdoum E., Tsopmbeng Noumbo G.R., Kuiate J.R.



The anthracnose of fruits due to Colletotrichum spp. is
one of the principal fungal diseases which affects the production and
marketing of fruits in Cameroon. Isolates of Colletotrichum were
collected from various fruits and characterised for cultural and
morphological variations. The results show that Colletotrichum colonies
varied in the appearance of their culture ranging from fibrous, compact
and cottony colonies. The colour of colonies ranged between whitish to
greyish, pinkish and greyish green. AVIS1, BAIS2, MAIS1, PAIS1 and PLIS1
had an intermediate growth varying between 13.02 to 13.61 mm/day,
whitish to greyish mycelium and fusiform conidia of size ranging between
19.98 x 4.17 and 21.29 x 5.14 µm. BAIS2 had the fastest growth (17.19
mm/day) with a pinkish fibrous mycelium and cylindrical or
spindle-shaped conidia of 25.62 x 6.04 µm in size and a sporulation rate
of 8.69 x 104. These results highlight some variations in
morphocultural characteristics of Colletotrichum species, however
molecular analyses are still going on for adequate differentiation among
those isolatesfrom different fruits. 



10.22161/ijeab/1.4.48



http://ijeab.com/upload_document/issue_files/48%20IJEAB-DEC-2016-33-Cultural%20and%20morphological%20variations%20of%20Colletotrichum%20spp%20associated%20with%20anthracnose%20of%20various%20fruits%20in%20Cameroon.pdf



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