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Shoot Blight and Leaf Spot of Blueberry Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum acutatum

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Shoot blight and leaf spots were found on highbush blueberry trees in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, in 1999. The causal fungus was identified morphologically as Colletotrichum acutatum Simmonds ex Simmonds. This is the first report of blueberry anthracnose caused by C. acutatum in Japan.

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  1. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3, Kannondai, Tsukuba 305–8604, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Shigenobu YOSHIDA & Takao TSUKIBOSHI

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  1. Shigenobu YOSHIDA
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Received 16 November 2001/ Accepted in revised form 22 March 2002

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YOSHIDA, S., TSUKIBOSHI, T. Shoot Blight and Leaf Spot of Blueberry Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum acutatum . J Gen Plant Pathol 68, 246–248 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00013083

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