First Report of Colletotrichum acutatum Causing Anthracnose on Olives in Greece

Olive anthracnose: a yield‐ and oil quality‐degrading disease caused by several species of Colletotrichum that differ in virulence, host preference and geographical distribution

“…In Greece, C. acutatum s.s . was recorded for the first time in 2015 associated with fruit rots and flower and leaf necroses (Iliadi et al ., ). In Tunisia, in a study involving 43 isolates collected in 2011, Chattaoui et al .…”

“…and C. gloeosporioides s.l . could be present in the calyx, petals, stamens and pistil (Iliadi et al ., ; Sergeeva et al ., ) and are capable of sporulation (Fig. E; Moral et al ., ; Talhinhas et al ., ).…”

“… Geographical distribution of olive anthracnose reports, denoting (when possible) the relative frequency of Colletotrichum species populations: Abkhasia (Nagorny and Eristavi, ); Argentina (Brancher et al ., ); Australia (Schena et al ., ; Whitelaw‐Weckert et al ., ); Brazil (Duarte et al ., ); China (Margarita et al ., ); Egypt (Embaby, ); France (Bompeix et al ., ); Greece (Iliadi et al ., ; Sarejanni, ); India (Mugnai et al ., ); Iran (Sanei and Razavi, ); India (Sharma and Kaul, ); Italy (Agosteo et al ., ; Ciccarone, ; Mosca et al ., ); Japan (Hemmi and Kurata, ); Montenegro (Vučinić et al ., ); Morocco (Achbani et al ., ); Portugal (Talhinhas et al ., ); South Africa (Gorter, ); Spain (Martín and García‐Figueres, ); Tunisia (Chattaoui et al ., ; Rhouma et al ., ); Uruguay (Acosta, ); USA (Pontis and Hansen, ).…”

Morphological characterization and molecular identification of Colletotrichum nymphaeae associated with Juglans regia fruit

“…In a pathogenicity test of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on banana fruits (Musa spp. ), Riera et al (2019) reported the 4/7 appearance of lesions at three days after inoculation while Iliadi et al (2018) found lesions caused by Colletotrichum acutatum on olive fruits (Olea europea) also after three days of incubation. For C. nymphaeae, an agent associated with anthracnose on pepper (Capsicum annuum) in Malaysia, Nasehi et al (2016) reported appearance of symptoms four days after inoculating the pathogen, which prove the rapid infection by Colletotrichum spp.…”

“…are the banana (Musa spp. ), olive (Olea europea), black pepper (Capsicum annuum) and rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) (Nasehi et al, 2016;Hunupolagama et al, 2017;Iliadi et al 2018;Riera et al 2019).…”