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Selected References

Backman, P. A., P. J. Landschoot, and D. R. Huff. 1999. Variation in pathogenicity, morphology, and RAPD marker profiles in Colletotrichum graminicola from turfgrasses. Crop Science 39:1129-1135.

Bergstrom, G. C. and R. L. Nicholson. 1999. The biology of corn anthracnose. Plant Disease 83:596-608.

Bolton, A. T. and W. E. Cordukes. 1981. Resistance to Colletotrichum graminicola in strains of Poa annua and reaction of other turfgrasses. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 3:94-96.

Browning, M., L. V. Rowley, P. Zeng, J. M. Chandlee, and N. Jackson. 1999. Morphological, pathogenic, and genetic comparisons of Colletotrichum graminicola isolates from Poaceae. Plant Disease 83:286-292.

Burpee, L. 2005. Sensitivity of Colletotrichum graminicola to phosphonate fungicides. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 10:163-169.

Chaky, J., K. Anderson, M. Moss, and L. Vaillancourt. 2001. Surface hydrophobicity and surface rigidity induce spore germination in Colletotrichum graminicola. Phytopathology 91:558-564.

Couch, H. B. 1995. Diseases of Turfgrasses, 3rd edition. Krieger Publishing Company. Malabar FL.

Crouch, J. A., B. B. Clarke, and B. I. Hillman. 2006. Unraveling evolutionary relationships among the divergent lineage of Colletotrichum causing anthracnose disease in turfgrass and corn. Phytopathology 96:46-60.

Danneberger, T. K., J. M. Vargas, Jr., P. E. Rieke, and J. R. Street. 1983. Anthracnose development on annual bluegrass in response to nitrogen carriers and fungicide application. Agronomy Journal 75:35-38.

Danneberger, T. K., J. M. Vargas, Jr., and A. L. Jones. 1984. A model for weather-based forecasting of anthracnose on annual bluegrass. Phytopathology 74:448-451.

Horvath, B. J. and J. M. Vargas Jr. 2004. Genetic variation among Colletotrichum graminicola isolates from four hosts using isozyme analysis. Plant Disease 88:402-406.

Jackson, N. and V. J. Herting. 1985. Colletotrichum graminicola as an incitant of anthracnose/basal stem rotting of cool season turfgrasses. Proceedings Fifth International Turf Research Conference 5:647-656.

Khan, A. and T. Hsiang. 2003. The infection process of Colletotrichum graminicola and relative aggressiveness on four turfgrass species. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 49:433-442.

Mims, C. W. and L. J. Vaillancourt. 2002. Ultrastructural characterization of infection and colonization of maize leaves by Colletotrichum graminicola, and by a C. graminicola pathogenicity mutant. Phytopathology 92:803-812.

Smiley, R. W., P. H. Dernoeden, and B. B. Clarke. 2005. Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, 3rd ed. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Smith, J. D., N. Jackson, and A. R. Woolhouse. 1989. Fungal Diseases of Amenity Turfgrasses. E. and F. N. Spon Ltd., New York, NY.

Sutton, B. C. 1968. The appressoria of Colletotrichum graminicola and C. falcatum. Canadian Journal of Botany 46:873-876.

Vargas, J. M., Jr. and R. Detweiler. 1985. Anthracnose of Poa annua: the pathogenicity of Colletotrichum graminicola. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 5:637-640.

Vargas, J. M., Jr., T. K. Danneberger, and A. L. Jones. 1993. Effects of temperature, leaf wetness duration, and inoculum concentration on infection of annual bluegrass by Colletotrichum graminicola. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 6:324-328.

Vargas, J. M., Jr. 1994. Management of Turfgrass Diseases, 2nd edition. Lewis publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

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