Skip to main content

Colletotrichum species in Australia

Australasian Plant Pathology volume 45, pages 447–464 (2016)Cite this article

Abstract

Forty-four species of Colletotrichum are confirmed as present in Australia based on DNA sequencing analyses. Many of these species were identified directly as a result of two workshops organised by the Subcommittee on Plant Health Diagnostics in Australia in 2015 that covered morphological and molecular approaches to identification of Colletotrichum. There are several other species of Colletotrichum reported from Australia that remain to be substantiated by DNA sequence-based methods. This body of work aims to provide a basis from which to critically examine a number of isolates of Colletotrichum deposited in Australian culture collections.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Price includes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

References

  • Aldaoud R, DeAlwis S, Salib S, Cunnington JH, Doughty S (2011) First record of Colletotrichum sansevieriae on Sansevieria sp. (mother-in-law’s tongue) in Australia. Aust Plant Dis Notes 6:60–61

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Anderson JL, Walker JC (1962) Histology of water melon anthracnose. Phytopathology 52:650–653

    Google Scholar 

  • Anderson JM, Aitken EAB, Dann EK, Coates LM (2013) Morphological and molecular diversity of Colletotrichum spp. causing pepper spot and anthracnose of lychee (Litchi chinensis) in Australia. Plant Pathol 62:279–288

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Anon. (2015). Exotic Pest Alert: Lupin anthracnose. Primefact 1387, NSW Department of Primary Industries

  • Auld BA, McRae CF, Say MM (1988) Possible control of Xanthium spinosum by a fungus. Agric Ecosyst Environ 21:219–223

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Auld BA, Say MM, Ridings HI, Andrews J (1990) Field applications of Colletotrichum orbiculare to control Xanthium spinosum. Agric Ecosyst Environ 32:315–323

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Auld BA, Talbot HE, Radburn KB (1994) Resistance of Xanthium occidentale to Colletotrichum orbiculare, a pathogen of X. spinosum. Aust J Bot 42:19–28

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Auld BA, Say MM (1999) Comparison of isolates of Colletotrichum orbiculare from Argentina and Australia as potential bioherbicides for Xanthium spinosum in Australia. Agric Ecosyst Environ 72:53–58

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Barimani M, Pethybridge SJ, Vaghefi N, Hay FS, Taylor PWJ (2013) A new anthracnose disease of pyrethrum caused by Colletotrichum tanaceti sp. nov. Plant Pathol 62:1248–1257

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ben-Daniel B, Bar-Zvi D, Johnson D, Harding R, Hazanovsky M, Tsror Lahkim L (2010) Vegetative compatibility groups in Colletotrichum coccodes subpopulations from Australia and genetic links with subpopulations from Europe/Israel and North America. Phytopathology 100:271–278

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Benson DA, Cavanaugh M, Clark K, Karsch-Mizrachi I, Lipman DJ, Ostell J, Sayers EW (2013) GenBank. Nucleic Acids Res 41:D36–D42

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bethke JA (2014). First detection of Colletotrichum cymbidiicola in California and water supply update. UCNFA News, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, accessed online 4 April 2016: http://ucnfanews.ucanr.edu/Articles/Regional_Report_San_Diego_and_Riverside_Counties/Summer_2014__First_detection_of_Colletotrichum_cymbidiicola_in_California/

  • Butler FC (1951) Anthracnose and seedling blight of Bathurst Burr caused by Colletotrichum xanthii Halst. Aust J Agric Res 2:401–410

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cai L, Hyde KD, Taylor PWJ, Weir BS, Waller J, Abang MM, Zhang JZ, Yang YL, Phoulivong S, Liu ZY, Prihastuti H, Shivas RG, McKenzie EHC, Johnston PR (2009) A polyphasic approach for studying Colletotrichum. Fungal Divers 39:183–204

    Google Scholar 

  • Cannon PF, Buddie AG, Bridge PD (2008) The typification of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Mycotaxon 104:189–204

    Google Scholar 

  • Cannon PF, Damm U, Johnston PR, Weir BS (2012) Colletotrichum – current status and future directions. Stud Mycol 73:181–213

    CAS  Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Chowdappa P, Chethana CS, Pant RP, Bridge PD (2014) Multilocus gene phylogeny reveals occurrence of Colletotrichum cymbidiicola and C. cliviae on orchids in North East India. J Plant Pathol 96:327–334

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cooke A, Persley D, House S (2009) Diseases of Fruit Crops in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, p 276

    Google Scholar 

  • Crouch JA, Beirn LA (2009) Anthracnose of cereals and grasses. Fungal Divers 39:19–44

    Google Scholar 

  • Crouch JA, Clarke BB, White JW, Hillman BI (2009a) Systematic analysis of the falcate-spored graminicolous Colletotrichum and a description of six new species from warm-season grasses. Mycologia 101:717–732

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Crouch JA, Tredway LP, Clarke BB, Hillman BI (2009b) Phylogenetic and population genetic divergence correspond with habitat for the pathogen Colletotrichum cereale and allied taxa across diverse grass communities. Mol Ecol 18:123–135

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Crouch JA (2014) Colletotrichum caudatum s.l. is a species complex. IMA Fungus 5:17–30

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Crous PW, Denman S, Taylor JE, Swart L, Bezuidenhout CM, Hoffman L, Palm ME, Groenewald JZ (2013). Cultivation and Disease of Proteaceae: Leucadendron, Leucospermum, and Protea. Second Edition. CBS Biodiversity Series, pp. 360

  • Cruickshank IAM (1966) Strains of Coltetotrichum lindemuthianum in Eastern Australia. J Aust Inst Agric Sci 32:134–135

    Google Scholar 

  • Cunnington JH, Powney RA, Adair RA, Finlay KJ (2007) Glomerella miyabeana on willows in Australia. Australas Mycologist 25:69–72

    Google Scholar 

  • Damm U, Woudenberg JHC, Cannon PF, Crous PW (2009) Colletotrichum species with curved conidia from herbaceous hosts. Fungal Divers 39:45–87

    Google Scholar 

  • Damm U, Cannon PF, Wouldenberg JHC, Johnston PR, Weir BS, Tan YP, Shivas RG, Crous PW (2012a) The Colletotrichum boninense species complex. Stud Mycol 73:1–36

    CAS  Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Damm U, Cannon PF, Wouldenberg JHC, Crous PW (2012b) The Colletotrichum acutatum species complex. Stud Mycol 73:37–113

    CAS  Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Damm U, Cannon PF, Liu F, Barreto RW, Guatimosim E, Crous PW (2013) The Colletotrichum orbiculare species complex: important pathogens of field crops and weeds. Fungal Divers 61:29–59

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Damm U, O’Connell RJ, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW (2014) The Colletotrichum destructivum species complex – hemibiotrophic pathogens of forage and field crops. Stud Mycol 79:49–84

    CAS  Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Dean R, van Kan JAL, Pretorius ZA, Hammond-Kosack KE, di Pietro A, Spanu PD, Rudd JJ, Dickman M, Kahmann R, Ellis J, Foster GD (2012) The top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology. Mol Plant Pathol 13:414–430

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • de Hoog GS, Gerrits van den Ende AHG (1998) Molecular diagnostics of clinical strains of filamentous Basidiomycetes. Mycoses 41:183–189

  • Du M, Schardl CL, Nuckles EM, Vaillancourt LJ (2005) Using mating-type gene sequences for improved phylogenetic resolution of Colletotrichum species complexes. Mycologia 97:641–658

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Farr DF, Aime MC, Rossman AY, Palm ME (2006) Species of Colletotrichum on Agavaceae. Mycol Res 110:1395–1408

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ford R, Banniza S, Photita W, Taylor PWJ (2004) Morphological and molecular discrimination of Colletotrichum truncatum causing anthracnose on lentil in Canada. Australas Plant Pathol 33:559–569

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Glass NL, Donaldson GC (1995) Development of primer sets designed for use with the PCR to amplify conserved genes from filamentous ascomycetes. Appl Environ Microbiol 61:1323–1330

  • Golzar H (2009a) First report of anthracnose of Acacia in Australia. Aust Plant Dis Notes 4:70–71

    Google Scholar 

  • Golzar H (2009b). Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) Hughes. Pathogen of the month – June 2009. The Australasian Plant Pathology Society, accessed online 4 April 2016: http://www.appsnet.org/publications/potm/pdf/Jun09.pdf

  • Golzar H, Wang C (2010) First report of Colletotrichum phormii – the cause of anthracnose on Phormium tenax in Australia. Aust Plant Dis Notes 5:110–112

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hall BH, Hitch CJ, Oxspring EA, Wicks TJ (2009) Leek diseases in Australia. Australas Plant Pathol 36:383–388

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Heaton JB, Dullahide SR (1993) Control of celery leaf curl disease caused by Colletotrichum acutatum. Australas Plant Pathol 22:152–155

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hiruma K, Gerlach N, Sacristán S, Nakano RY, Hacquard S, Kracher B, Neumann U, Ramírez D, Bucher M, O’Connell RJ, Schulze-Lefert P (2016) Root endophyte Colletotrichum tofieldiae confers plant fitness benefits that are phosphate status dependent. Cell. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.02.028

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Hyde KD, Cai L, Cannon PF, Crouch JA, Crous PW, Damm U, Goodwin PH, Chen H, Johnston PR, Jones EBG, Liu ZY, McKenzie EHC, Moriwaki J, Noireung P, Pennycook SR, Pfenning LH, Prihastuti H, Sato T, Shivas RG, Tan YP, Taylor PWJ, Weir BS, Yang YL, Zhang JZ (2009a) Colletotrichum – names in current use. Fungal Divers 39:147–183

    Google Scholar 

  • Hyde KD, Cai L, McKenzie EHC, Yang YL, Zhang JZ, Prihastuti H (2009b) Colletotrichum: a catalogue of confusion. Fungal Divers 39:1–17

    Google Scholar 

  • Hyde KD, Chomnunti P, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Damm U, Ko Ko TW, Shivas RG, Summerell BA, Tan YP (2010) A case for re-inventory of Australia’s plant pathogens. Persoonia 25:50–60

    CAS  Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Irwin JAG, Cameron DF (1978) Two diseases of Stylosanthes caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Australia, and pathogenic specialization within one of the causal organisms. Aust J Agric Res 29:305–317

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • James RS, Ray J, Tan YP, Shivas RG (2014) Colletotrichum siamense, C. theobromicola and C. queenslandicum from several plant species and the identification of C. asianum in the Northern Territory, Australia. Aust Plant Dis Notes 9:138

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liu F, Hyde KD, Cai L (2011) Neotypification of Colletotrichum coccodes, the causal agent of potato black dot disease and tomato anthracnose. Mycology 2:248–254

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liu F, Cai L, Crous PW, Damm U (2013a) Circumscription of the anthracnose pathogens Colletotrichum lindemuthianum and C. nigrum. Mycologia 105:844–860

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Liu F, Damm U, Cai L, Crous PW (2013b) Species of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides complex associated with anthracnose diseases of Proteaceae. Fungal Divers 61:89–105

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liu F, Cai L, Crous PW, Damm U (2014) The Colletotrichum gigasporum species complex. Persoonia 33:83–97

    CAS  Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Liu F, Wang M, Damm U, Crous PW, Cai L (2016) Species boundaries in plant pathogenic fungi: a Colletotrichum case study. BMC Evol Biol 16:81

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Marcelino JAP, Giordano R, Gouli S, Gouli V, Parker BL, Skinner M, TeBeest D, Cesnik R (2008) Colletotrichum acutatum var. fioriniae (teleomorph Glomerella acutata var. fioriniae var. nov.) infection of a scale insect. Mycologia 100:353–374

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • McKay SF, Freeman S, Minz D, Maymon M, Sedgley M, Collins GC, Scott E (2009) Morphological, genetic, and pathogenic characterization of Colletotrichum acutatum, the cause of anthracnose of almond in Australia. Phytopathology 99:985–995

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • McNeill J, Barrie FF, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, Prud’homme van Reine WF, Smith GF, Wiersema JH, Turland NJ (2012) International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. Regnum Vegetabile 154. Koeltz Scientific Books, Germany

  • Melksham KJ, Weckert MA, Steel CC (2002) An unusual bunch rot of grapes in sub-tropical regions of Australia caused by Colletotrichum acutatum. Australas Plant Pathol 31:193–194

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Munaut F, Hamaide N, Maraite H (2002) Genomic and pathogenic diversity in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from wild native Mexican Stylosanthes spp., and taxonomic implications. Mycol Res 106:579–593

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Noireung P, Phoulivong S, Liu F, Cai L, McKenzie EHC, Chukeatirote E, Jones EBG, Bahkali A, Hyde KD (2012) Novel species of Colletotrichum revealed by morphology and molecular analysis. Cryptogam Mycol 33:347–362

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • O’Donnell K, Cigelnik E (1997) Two divergent intragenomic rDNA ITS2 types within a monophyletic lineage of the fungus Fusarium are nonorthologous. Mol Phylogenet Evol 7:103–116

  • Persley D, Cooke T, House S (2010) Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton

    Google Scholar 

  • Phoulivong S, Cai L, Chen H, McKenzie EHC, Abdelsalam K, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD (2010) Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is not a common pathogen on tropical fruits. Fungal Divers 44:33–43

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sharma G, Pinnaka AK, Belle DS (2015) Resolving the Colletotrichum siamense species complex using ApMat marker. Fungal Divers 71:247–264

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schena L, Mosca S, Cacciola SO, Faedda R, Sanzani SM, Agosteo GE, Sergeeva V, Magnano di San Lio G (2014) Species of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. boninense complexes associated with olive anthracnose. Plant Pathol 63:437–446

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shivas RG, Bathgate J, Podger FD (1998) Colletotrichum xanthorrhoeae sp. nov. on Xanthorrhoea in Western Australia. Mycol Res 102:280–282

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shivas RG, Tan YP (2009) A taxonomic re-assessment of Colletotrichum acutatum, introducing C. fioriniae comb. et stat. nov. and C. simmondsii sp. nov. Fungal Divers 39:111–122

    Google Scholar 

  • Shivas RG, Beasley DR, Pascoe IG, Cunnington JH, Pitkethley RN, Priest MJ (2006) Specimen-based databases of Australian plant pathogens: past, present and future. Aust Plant Pathol 35:195–198

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simmonds JH (1965) A study of the species of Colletotrichum causing ripe fruit rots in Queensland. Queensland J Agric Anim Sci 22:437–459

    Google Scholar 

  • Simmonds JH (1966) Host Index of Plant Diseases in Queensland. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane

    Google Scholar 

  • Simmonds JH (1968) Type specimens of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides var. minor and Colletotrichum acutatum. Queensland J Agric Anim Sci 25:178A

    Google Scholar 

  • Spooner-Hart R, Tesoriero L, Hall B (2007) Field Guide to Olive pests, Diseases and Disorders in Australia. Australian Government Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Publications, Canberra

    Google Scholar 

  • Stephenson SA, Green JR, Manners JM, Maclean DJ (1997) Cloning and characterisation of glutamine synthetase from Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and demonstration of elevated expression during pathogenesis on Stylosanthes guianensis. Curr Genet 31:447–454

  • Sutton BC (1980) The Coelomycetes, Fungi Imperfecti with Pycnidia, Acervuli and Stromata. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, p 696

    Google Scholar 

  • Sutton BC (1992) The genus Glomerella and its anamorph Colletotrichum. In: Colletotrichum: Biology, Pathology and Control. Bailey JA, Jeger MJ (eds). CABI, Wallingford, pp 1–26

  • Su YY, Noireung P, Liu F, Hyde KD, Moslem MA, Bahkali AH, Abd-Elsalam AA, Cai L (2011) Epitypification of Colletotrichum musae, the causative agent of banana anthracnose. Mycoscience 52:376–382

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sweetingham MW, Cowling WA, Buirchell BJ, Brown AGP, Shivas RG (1995) Anthracnose of lupins in Western Australia. Australas Plant Pathol 24:271

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tao G, Liu ZY, Liu F, Gao YH, Cai L (2013) Endophytic Colletotrichum species from Bletilla ochracea (Orchidaceae), with descriptions of seven new species. Fungal Divers 61:139–164

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Taylor JW, Jacobson DJ, Kroken S, Kasuga T, Geiser DM, Hibbett DS, Fisher MC (2000) Phylogenetic species recognition and species concepts in fungi. Fungal Genet Biol 31:21–32

  • Templeton MD, Rikkerink EHA, Solon SL, Crowhurst RN (1992) Cloning and molecular characterization of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-encoding gene and cDNA from the plant pathogenic fungus Glomerella cingulata. Gene 122:225–230

    CAS  Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Thomas GJ (2010) Colletotrichum lupini. Pathogen of the month – September 2010. Australasian Plant Pathology Society, accessed online 4 April 2016: www.appsnet.org/Publications/potm/pdf/Sep10.pdf

  • von Arx JA (1957) Die Arten der Gattung Colletotrichum Cda. Phytopathol Z 29:413–468

    Google Scholar 

  • Veitch R (1942) Report of the Director of Plant Industry (Research). Report of the Department of Agriculture Queensland. pp. 5–8

  • Walker K, Nikandrow A, Millar GD (1991) Species of Colletotrichum on Xanthium (Asteraceae) with comments on some taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in Colletotrichum. Mycol Res 97:989–994

    Google Scholar 

  • Washington WS, Irvine G, Aldaoud R, DeAlwis S, Edwards J, Pascoe IG (2006) First record of anthracnose of spinach caused by Colletotrichum dematium in Australia. Australas Plant Pathol 35:89–91

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Weir BS, Johnston PR, Damm U (2012) The Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex. Stud Mycol 73:115–180

    CAS  Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • White TJ, Bruns T, Lee S, Taylor J (1990) Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In: Innis MA, Gelfand DH, Sninsky JJ, White TJ (eds) PCR Protocols: a guide to methods and Applications. Academic Press, New York, p 315–322

  • Whitelaw-Weckert MA, Curtin SJ, Huang R, Steel CC, Blanchard CL, Roffey PE (2007) Phylogenetic relationships and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum acutatum isolates from grape in subtropical Australia. Plant Pathol 56:448–463

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yamagishi N, Fujinaga M, Ishiyama Y, Ogiso H, Sato T, Tosa Y (2015) Life cycle and control of Colletotrichum nymphaea, the causal agent of celery stunt anthracnose. J Gen Plant Pathol 81:279–286

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yang HA, Sweetingham MW (1998) The taxonomy of Colletotrichum isolates associated with lupin anthracnose. Aust J Agric Res 49:1213–1223

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yang HC, Haudenshield JS, Hartman GL (2012) First report of Colletotrichum chlorophyti causing soybean anthracnose. Plant Dis Notes 96:1699

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We thank Plant Health Australia (PHA) who provided funds for two workshops on the identification and classification of Colletotrichum species. The workshops were organised by the Subcommittee on Plant Health Diagnostics in collaboration with PHA as part of a professional development program for plant health diagnosticians. PHA sourced funding from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources through a grant from the Plant Biosecurity and Response Reform program. The authors especially wish to thank Julie McClements (Culture Collection WAC, WA), and Robyn Brett (Herbarium VPRI, Vic) for providing cultures.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Plant Pathology Herbarium, Biosecurity Queensland, Dutton Park, Qld, 4102, Australia

    Roger G. Shivas, Yu Pei Tan & Dean R. Beasley

  2. Biosciences Research, Agriculture Victoria, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, AgriBio Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic, 3083, Australia

    Jacqueline Edwards & Quang Dinh

  3. School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Vic, 3083, Australia

    Jacqueline Edwards

  4. Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Perth Airport, WA, 6105, Australia

    Aaron Maxwell & Vera Andjic

  5. Murdoch University, 90 South St., Murdoch, Perth, WA, 6150, Australia

    Aaron Maxwell

  6. Plant Industries Division, Department of Primary Industry and Resources, GPO Box 3000, Darwin, NT, 0801, Australia

    José R. Liberato & Lucy T. T. Tran-Nguyen

  7. Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane, Qld, 4001, Australia

    Chris Anderson & Karren Cowan

  8. Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, MacGregor Road, Smithfield, Qld, 4878, Australia

    Kaylene Bransgrove

  9. Horticulture and Forestry Science, Agri-Science Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park, Qld, 4102, Australia

    Lindy M. Coates, Jan R. Dean & Roger W. Mitchell

  10. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Central Coast Primary Industries Centre, Gosford, NSW, 2250, Australia

    Rosalie Daniel

  11. Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Qld, 4558, Australia

    Mereia Fong Lomavatu

  12. Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Rosebery, NSW, 2018, Australia

    Doris Mercado-Escueta

  13. Biosecurity New Zealand, Ministry of Primary Industries, Auckland, 1072, New Zealand

    Raja Thangavel

  14. Landcare Research, St Johns, Auckland, 1072, New Zealand

    Bevan S. Weir

Authors
  1. Roger G. Shivas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yu Pei Tan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Jacqueline Edwards
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Quang Dinh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Aaron Maxwell
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Vera Andjic
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. José R. Liberato
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Chris Anderson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Dean R. Beasley
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Kaylene Bransgrove
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Lindy M. Coates
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. Karren Cowan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. Rosalie Daniel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  14. Jan R. Dean
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  15. Mereia Fong Lomavatu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  16. Doris Mercado-Escueta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  17. Roger W. Mitchell
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  18. Raja Thangavel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  19. Lucy T. T. Tran-Nguyen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  20. Bevan S. Weir
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Roger G. Shivas.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Shivas, R.G., Tan, Y.P., Edwards, J. et al. Colletotrichum species in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathol. 45, 447–464 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-016-0443-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-016-0443-2

Keywords

  • Biosecurity
  • Diagnostics
  • Molecular methods
  • Phylogenetic methods
  • Plant pathogens
  • Taxonomy