Abstract
Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum spp., is a major disease of cultivated strawberry, Fragaria × ananassa. This study identifies the Colletotrichum spp. which causes strawberry anthracnose in the southwest of Spain. A survey of the region was carried out, and the strains isolated were identified as C. acutatum by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with genus and species-specific primers, demonstrating that this species is currently the causal agent of strawberry anthracnose in the studied region. The pathogenicity of C. acutatum and C. gloeosporioides strains was evaluated on two principal strawberry cultivars (cvs Camarosa and Ventana) under field conditions, the latter being more pathogenic than the former.
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This research was financed by the Spanish DGICYT (AGL2002-04388-C02-02/AGR) and (AGL2006-13401-CO2-02), and by the grant FPU of the Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (AP2003-3902), Spain. We would like to thank the Medina Group (Agromedina and Viveros California), in particular Antonio Arjona-Bernal and Rocío Medina Muñoz for providing the strawberry field. We thank Juan Carlos Velez, Javier Palma and Antonio Infante for help with the field survey and pathogenicity testing. We thank also Dr. Neil Boonham for critical reading and editorial support of this manuscript.
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Garrido, C., Carbú, M., Fernández-Acero, F.J. et al. Isolation and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose of strawberry in south west Spain. Eur J Plant Pathol 120, 409–415 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-007-9224-7
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