Plant Disease (2022) 106, p. 2521 (Goh et al.)

Ka Sheng Goh, Jagaathiswary Balasubramaniam, Safia Fazariah Sani, Muhammad Waqar Alam, Nor Azliza Ismail, Mark L. Gleason and Hafizi Rosli (2022)
First report of Colletotrichum scovillei causing anthracnose on watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Malaysia
Plant Disease 106 (9), 2521-2521
Abstract: During 2019, watermelon plants (Citrullus lanatus) grown in Malaysia were observed with anthracnose symptoms in local stores. These included sunken, circular, brown lesions that enlarged to 1.5 to 10 cm in diameter with scattered orange masses of conidia. The fungus Colletotrichum scovillei was isolated from the diseased plants. The identification was based on morphological characteristics and DNA sequence analysis. Pathogenicity of the isolates was demonstrated by inoculation and re-isolation.
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Database assignments for author(s): Mark L. Gleason

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Colletotrichum scovillei	Watermelon/colocynth (Citrullus)	Malaysia