Global InformationColletotrichum kahawae information
| Colletotrichum kahawae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Glomerellales |
| Family: | Glomerellaceae |
| Genus: | Colletotrichum |
| Species: | C. kahawae
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| Binomial name | |
| Colletotrichum kahawae J.M. Waller & Bridge[1]
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Colletotrichum kahawae is a fungal plant pathogen that causes coffee berry disease (CBD) on Coffea arabica crops. The pathogen is an ascomycete that reproduces asexually. The asexual spores (conidia) are stored within acervuli.[1][2] This disease is considered to be one of the major factors hampering C.arabica production in the African continent, which represents the current geographic range of the fungus.[3] Coffee berry disease causes dark necrosis in spots and causes the green berries of the coffee to drop prematurely. High humidity, relatively warm temperatures, and high altitude are ideal for disease formation.[4] Given the severity of the disease and the lack of effective control measures, there is great concern that the fungus may spread to other coffee producing continents, such as South America, which could have catastrophic consequences.[5]
- ^ a b Waller, JM; Bridge, PD; Black, R; Hazika, G (1993). "Characterization of the Coffee Berry Disease pathogen, Colletotrichum kahawae sp. nov". Mycological Research. 97 (8): 989–994. doi:10.1016/s0953-7562(09)80867-8.
- ^ Mouen Bedimo, J. A.; Bieysse, D.; Nyassé, S.; Nottéghem, J. L.; Cilas, C. (2010). "Role of rainfall in the development of coffee berry disease in Coffea arabica caused by Colletotrichum kahawae, in Cameroon". Plant Pathology. 59 (2): 324–329. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02214.x.
- ^ Silva, DN; Talhinhas, P; Cai, L; Manuel, Luzolo; Gichuru, EK; Loureiro, Andreia; Várzea, Vítor; Paulo, OS; Batista, D (2012). "Host-jump drives rapid and recent ecological speciation of the emergent fungal pathogen Colletotrichum kahawae" (PDF). Molecular Ecology. 21 (11): 2655–2670. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05557.x. PMID 22519519. S2CID 42064817.
- ^ Manuel, Luzolo; Talhinhas, Pedro; Várzea, Vítor; Neves-Martins, João (2010). "Characterization of Colletotrichum kahawae isolates causing coffee berry disease in Angola". Journal of Phytopathology. 158 (4): 310–313. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0434.2009.01613.x.
- ^ Silva, Diogo N (2010). Analysis of the neutral and adaptive genetic variation of Colletotrichum kahawae and its relationship with the C. gloeosporioides complex. Lisbon: University of Lisbon. p. 102. hdl:10451/3316.