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Anthracnose
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Denis Persley/Tony Cooke, (www.ecoport.org)
Is this a Minor Pest?
Yes
Minor Pest Title
Anthracnose (<i>Colletotrichum lindemuthanium</i>)
Minor Pest Description
This is a major cowpea disease, which can be very severe in areas where cowpeas are grown as the sole crop. Stems affected by anthracnose exhibit dark brown areas that later join up to cover the entire stem as well as branches, peduncles and petioles. The disease also attacks the pods.
Lesions on pods are sunken and brownish and under wet conditions they are covered with a pink fungal spore mass. Under severe infection, stems die. The disease attacks all legumes. Anthracnose is most prevalent during warm, humid weather. It is transmitted through infected seeds and survives in crop debris.
Minor Pest What to do.
- Plant resistant varieties, if available.
- Use certified disease-free seeds.
- Practise good field sanitation.
Minor Pest Position
2
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Pest Type
fungal
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Common names;anthracnose, brown blight (of coffee and tea), tear stain, dieback (citrus), fruit rot, stem canker, black spot of fruit, ripe rot of pepper, anthracnose tear-stain (mango)
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