First Report of Anthracnose of Gaultheria procumbens Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Plant Disease
J F Elmhirst, E J Hudgins

Abstract

In 2001, a stem canker and dieback associated with a Colletotrichum sp. was observed on Gaultheria procumbens L. (wintergreen) seedlings grown from seed in soilless potting mix at four commercial nurseries in coastal British Columbia, Canada. Black, water-soaked lesions developed into tan cankers girdling stems and petioles, and a black rot extended into the base of leaves. In 2002, a Colletotrichum sp. was isolated from similar stem cankers from wintergreen plants. One flat of healthy, 13-week-old seedlings of G. procumbens (one- to three-leaf stage; approximately 380 seedlings per flat) was inoculated with a mycelial and spore suspension of one of the Colletotrichum sp. isolates at 108 CFU/ml using a hand atomizer. The flat was covered with black plastic for 24 h after inoculation and maintained in a growth chamber at 22°C with overhead watering. After 7 days, 98% of seedlings in the inoculated flat were necrotic with abundant sporulation of the Colletotrichum fungus on stem and petiole lesions. Plants in noninoculated flats remained healthy. Reisolation of the fungus from symptomatic tissues confirmed the causal agent to be Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in Penz, based on morphology (1,2) and polymerase...Continue Reading

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