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Area of lesions produced by Colletotrichum orbiculare on watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) seedlings was not affected by amount of culture medium on which the fungus was grown, and decreased as length of time the fungus was in culture increased. Internal integrity of C. orbiculare spores appeared degraded, and this was coincident with decreases in lesion area.
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Russo, V., Russo, B. & Cartwright, B. Culture Conditions Affect Colonization of Watermelon by Colletotrichum Orbiculare. Biologia Plantarum 44, 305–307 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010224131447
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