Professional paper

Pepper fruit anthracnose economically important pepper disease in Podravina region

Zdravko Matotan ; Podravka d.d. Koprivnica
Svjetlana Matotan ; Podravka d.d. Koprivnica

Abstract

By the end of August 2009 in the Virovitica region, several experienced vegetable producers noticed so far an unknown pepper fruit disease that caused great damage on crops. Disease appeared during preharvest period and completely destroyed the crops on individual plots. The analysis showed that the cause was pepper fruit anthracnose caused by fungi of genus Colletotrichum. Although the infected plants with fruit anthracnose symptoms in pepper crops could be sporadically found in previous years, the damage caused was not so economically expressed until this year.
This paper describes the biology and epidemiology of pathogen, symptoms and proposed plant protection measures.

Keywords

pepper; fruit anthracnose; Colletotrichum

Hrčak ID:

163419

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/163419

Publication date:

16.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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