Colletotrichum capsici
anthracnose of pepper
Vermicularia capsici
Worldwide, primarily in tropical production
Southeast US.
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fungus
Chile, Mexico
pepper, tomato, eggplant, Chinese cabbage, bitter gourd
COLLCA
Farr and Rossman, 2015 considers this Colletotrichum species an anamporh of Colletotrichum truncatum.
4 Known Hosts
Capsicum annuum
pepper
Yes
COLLCA-2,COLLCA-10
Seed as a pathway has been established and accepted. Seed may be infected only when fruit is infected.
Yes
Blotter incubation
COLLCA-1,COLLCA-10,COLLCA-9
Seed treatments; captan and thiram, carboxin +thiram
Avoiding infected fruit during harvest, cleaning and sanitization of pepper seed to reduce the potential for this pest being associated with the seed.
COLLCA-1,COLLCA-10,COLLCA-3,COLLCA-5
Singh K, Vishunavat K, Tewari G, 2009. Detection, transmission and management of seed-borne inoculum of anthracnose (Colletotrichum capsici) in chilli. Seed Research, 37:143-146.
International Seed Federation Regulated Pest List Database. www.pestlist.worldseed.org. Nyon Switzerland List
Colletotrichum capsici In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Vinaya Hemannavar, Rao MSL, Yashoda Hegde, Mohankumar HD, 2009. Status of seed borne incidence of anthracnose of chilli in northern Karnataka and evaluation of seed health testing methods for the detection of Colletotrichum capsici. Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 22(4):807-809.
Mesta RK,Kulkarni VR, Rao MSL, 2007. Studies on seed borne nature of Colletotrichum capsici causing seedling blight and its control through chemicals. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 3:35-38.
Rahman DMM, Khan AA, Mian IH, 2005. Control of seed borne fungi of chilli by seed treatment with fungicides and botanicals. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Pathology, 21:63-66.
Brassica rapa
chinese cabbage, turnip
No
Not considered an important host of this pathogen. No references found indicating seed is a pathway.
Solanum lycopersicum
tomato
No
No references found indicating seed is a pathway. Not considered an important host of this pathogen.
Solanum melongena
eggplant
No
No references found indicating seed is a pathway.
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