page_title: Colletotrichum capsici
section_title: Hosts and symptoms
hierarchical_section_title: Colletotrichum capsici / Hosts and symptoms
caption_attribution_description: English: Anthracnose: fruit damage of Organic hot pepper in Tropical Bonakanda Forest in Buea, SWR, CMR
context_page_description: Colletotrichum capsici is a species of fungus and plant pathogen which causes leaf blight on Chlorophytum borivilianum, basil, chickpea and pepper as well as dieback in pigeonpea and anthracnose in poinsettia.
context_section_description: Colletotrichum capsici has a broad host range, but prefers peppers, yams and eggplants. On chili peppers, Capsicum annuum L., C. capsici infect the stem, fruit, and leaves of the plant, causing anthracnose, die-back and ripe fruit rot. C. capsici infection tends to infect ripe red fruit, and lead to the development of brown necrotic lesions containing concentric acervuli that will eventually appear black from the setae and sclerotia (Srinivasan, Vijayalakshmi Kothandaraman, Vaikuntavasan, & Rethinasamy, 2014). Additionally, the fruit content of capsaicin and oleoresin is reduced, which results in a decrease of its medicinal potency (Madhavan, Paranidharan, & Velazhahan, 2016).
caption: A view of an infected pepper
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