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Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is reported for the first time as a pathogen of Asystasia nemorum and A. gangetica. Infection experiments showed that the fungus caused disease in both host plants within a week of inoculation. Symptoms were chlorosis, necrosis, premature defoliation and stunted growth. Wounded and non-wounded host plants showed no difference in their susceptibility to the fungus. C. gloeosporioides also formed its teleomorphic state, Glomerella cingulata, on the diseased host plants.
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Tan, T.K., Tow, S.A. Infection of Asystasia spp. by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc.. Mycopathologia 120, 161–165 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436394
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