Etiological Characteristivcs of Colletotrichum acutatum, C. gloeosporioides and Glomerella cingulata Isolated from Apples

사과에서 분리한 Colletotrichum acutatum, C. gloeosporioides 및 Glomerella cingulata의 병원학적 특징

Pathogenic fungal species associated with apple anthracnose were studied with diseased fruits collected over two major apple growing areas from 1986 to 1988. Colletotrichum acutatum Simmonds, c. gloeosporioides(Penz.) Sacc. and Glomerella cingulata(Stonem.) Spauld. & Schrenk were identified based on their mycological characteristics. C. acutatum could be easily differentiated from C. gloeosporioides by producing their fusiform conidia and developing apricot∼salmon colony colors, non-forming an ascigerous stages. Growth rate of C. acutatum were slow in plate culture. The three species of anthracnose fungi tested caused apple rot. Symptoms produced by C. gloeosporioides were larger than those of the others. C. gloeosporioides and G. cingulata produced rot lesions on apples that appeared became brown and later black, but C. acutatum produced rot lesions appeared yellowish brown and later reddish brown. G. cingulata has the major species responsible for apple anthracnose, epidemics in Korea.