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Anthracnose on a fruit of acerolla.
Daniel Augusto Schurt and Fabrício Ávila Rodrigues
Viçosa Federal University, Department of Plant Pathology, Laboratory of Host-Parasite Interaction, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36570-000
Email: fabricio@ufv.br
Host: Malpighia emarginata, acerolla, also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle
Disease name: Anthracnose
Pathogen name: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
One of the major obstacles to successful cultivation of the acerolla in Brazil is the fruit's susceptibility to anthracnose, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Anthracnose is one of the most important postharvest diseases of acerolla and dramatically reduces fruit yield and quality.
APS publication number: IW000106
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