Morphological and Molecular Identification of the Causal Agent of Anthracnose Disease of Avocado in Kenya
Table 2
Daily mycelial growth and mean number of spores of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolates.
Isolate
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Day 8
Day 10
Mean number of spores (106 ml)
s1
0.7
1.1
1.3
2.5
3.5
9.0
s40
0.6
1.0
1.6
3.0
4.0
6.0
s44
0.5
1.6
2.2
3.7
4.0
5.6
s3
0.6
1.0
1.6
3.0
4.0
5.3
s5
0.5
1.6
2.2
3.7
4.0
5.0
s6
0.6
1.4
2.1
3.4
4.2
5.0
s19
0.6
1.4
2.3
3.7
4.1
5.0
s21
0.5
1.0
1.7
3.3
3.9
5.0
s10
0.5
1.1
1.8
3.2
3.8
5.0
s18
0.6
1.1
1.9
3.4
4.0
4.6
s25
0.6
1.1
1.9
3.4
4.0
4.6
s28
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.4
2.6
4.6
s14
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.4
2.6
4.3
s17
0.6
0.8
1.7
3.6
4.1
4.3
s2
0.6
0.8
1.7
3.6
4.1
4.0
s22
0.5
1.4
2.0
3.6
4.0
4.0
s24
0.7
1.2
1.9
3.6
4.1
4.0
s29
0.6
1.2
1.7
3.7
4.0
3.6
s30
0.7
1.3
2.0
3.6
4.2
3.3
s43
0.8
1.5
2.8
3.7
4.0
3.3
s13
0.6
1.1
1.6
2.8
4.3
3.3
s15
0.6
1.0
1.6
2.9
4.0
3.1
s4
0.6
1.2
1.9
3.4
4.1
3.0
s8
0.9
1.9
3.2
3.5
4.1
3.0
s38
0.5
1.4
2.0
3.3
4.5
3.0
s16
0.6
2.1
2.3
3.2
3.6
3.0
s26
0.8
1.1
1.8
3.1
3.9
3.0
s45
0.8
1.9
2.5
3.1
3.9
3.0
s9
0.6
1.3
2.0
3.4
4.0
2.6
s12
0.7
1.3
2.1
3.3
4.4
2.6
s20
0.7
1.2
1.6
3.1
3.9
2.3
s27
0.8
2.6
3.4
3.9
4.1
2.3
s31
0.6
1.0
1.5
2.5
3.7
2.3
s32
0.5
0.9
1.3
2.0
2.3
2.3
s33
0.3
0.4
0.9
1.4
2.6
2.3
s35
0.7
1.0
1.7
3.2
4.0
2.0
s36
0.7
1.1
1.9
3.6
4.1
2.0
s41
0.6
1.1
1.7
2.8
4.0
2.0
s7
0.6
1.1
1.3
2.5
3.8
1.0
s11
0.5
1.0
2.0
3.5
4.4
1.0
s23
0.7
1.1
1.7
3.5
4.4
0.6
s34
0.7
1.0
1.7
3.2
4.0
0.6
s39
0.7
1.0
1.6
1.8
4.0
0.6
s42
0.7
1.0
1.6
1.8
4.0
0.6
s37
0.7
1.1
1.6
2.9
3.7
0.6
s46
0.7
1.5
2.6
3.5
4.2
0.6
LSD (0.05)
0.16
0.17
0.23
0.34
0.25
1.673
-value
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
are means of three replicates. Means on the same column followed by similar letter(s) are not significantly different at according to Fisher’s protected LSD test.
