Culture conditions affect colonization of watermelon by Colletotrichum orbiculare
Culture conditions affect colonization of watermelon by Colletotrichum orbiculare
Russo, V.M.; Russo, B.M.; Cartwright, B.
Biologia Plantarum 44(2): 305-307
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0006-3134
DOI: 10.1023/a:1010224131447
Laboratory experiments were conducted on watermelon Sugar Baby seeds inoculated with Colletotrichum orbiculare to determine the effect of culture conditions i.e. amount of medium and age of the culture, on the colonization of watermelons by C. orbiculare. C. orbiculare could infect when viable inoculum and appropriate environmental conditions are present and the plant's ability to resist is reduced or absent.