Colletotrichum musae

Colletotrichum musae is a plant pathogen primarily affecting the genus Musa, which includes bananas and plantains. It is best known as a cause of anthracnose (the black and brown spots) indicating ripeness on bananas.[1]

Colletotrichum musae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Glomerellales
Family: Glomerellaceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species:
C. musae
Binomial name
Colletotrichum musae
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Arx, (1957)

Symptoms

Symptoms appear as dark brown/black lesions on green fruit. On yellow fruit these lesions increase in size, orange fungal growth can be found in centre of lesions. Symptoms can also be found on the tips of fruit.[2] Symptoms also include premature ripening of fruit.[2]

Management

The CABI-led programme, Plantwise recommend several methods to prevent the spread of the disease. These include; covering emerging fruit in plastic coverings and avoiding damage during harvest, removal of decaying parts and weeds of non-crop species to reduce favourable humid conditions for fungal infection.[2]

Plantwise also recommends sufficient irrigation and draining of plantations to reduce unnecessary conditions which favour fungi.[2]

Sources

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References
  1. Zakaria, L; Sahak, S; Zakaria, M; Salleh, B (2009). "Characterisation of Colletotrichum species associated with anthracnose of banana". Trop Life Sci Res. 20 (2): 119–25. PMC 3819051. PMID 24575184.
  2. "Plantwise Knowledge Bank | Anthracnose on banana". www.plantwise.org. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
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