Spot Anthracnose Disease Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on Tulip Tree in Korea.
- Author:
Okryun CHOI
1
;
Okhee CHOI
;
Youn Sig KWAK
;
Jinwoo KIM
;
Jin Hyeuk KWON
Author Information
1. Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea. jinwoo@gnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Anthracnose;
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides;
Tulip tree
- MeSH:
Colletotrichum;
Flowers;
Fungi;
Korea;
Liriodendron;
Trees;
Tulipa
- From:Mycobiology
2012;40(1):82-84
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The tulip tree (Liriodendron chinense) has been widely cultivated in Korea as a street or garden tree for its large flowers, which have a superficial resemblance to tulips. Occurrence of anthracnose disease on the leaves of tulip trees growing on the campus of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea, has been observed. Based on mycological characteristics, pathogenicity, and internal transcribed spacer sequence, the causal fungus was identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. This is the first report on anthracnose disease caused by C. gloeosporioides on tulip trees in Korea.
