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First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum cigarro in pitcher plant in Japan

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In 2019, leaves with anthracnose symptoms were observed on pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea subsp. purpurea f. heterophylla) in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The fungus isolated from the diseased leaves was identified as Colletotrichum cigarro based on morphological characteristics and molecular analyses of the ApMat and GS regions. Inoculation tests using the isolated fungus verified that C. cigarro was the causal agent of the disease. This is the first report of anthracnose (tanso-byo) of pitcher plants caused by C. cigarro in Japan.

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The reported nucleotide sequence data are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under the accession numbers LC618818-LC618821.

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  1. University of the Ryukyus, 1, Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

    Satoshi Taba, Moriji Nishihira, Misaki Suzuki & Ken-Taro Sekine

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Taba, S., Nishihira, M., Suzuki, M. et al. First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum cigarro in pitcher plant in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 88, 270–274 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-022-01066-5

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