Volume 44, Issue 3, January 2025, Pages 674–685
Kouadjo Claude Ghislaine1, Doga Dabe2, Loukou Charles3, Koffi Ghislain4, and Coulibaly Sidonie5
1 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Université Nangui Abrogoua, Côte d’Ivoire
4 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Anthracnose disease of mango contributes to a huge loss of mango fruits in côte d’Ivoire. This disease is the main pre- and post-harvest fungal disease infecting mango trees worldwide, and represents the 2nd major constraint to mango production and export in Côte d’Ivoire. However, information on the causal agent of this disease in Côte d’Ivoire remains scarse but présuméd to be Colletotrichum gloeosporioides as reported in early studies that were based on morphological characteristics. Since emerging information evidenced on one hand a possible intraspecific diversity within Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and on the other the existence of other emerging anthracnose causing agents, it was important to thoroughly identify these in North Côte d’Ivoire one of the main mango growing region. 41 fungal isolates were collected from diseased mango fruits in North Côte d’Ivoire, of which forty were morphologically identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and one as Fusarium sp. Further molecular studies using ITS identified Colletotrichum gloeosporioides exhibiting an intraspecific diversity and Fusarium concentricum as the causal agents of anthracnose disease in mango in North Côte d’Ivoire.
Author Keywords: Colletotrichum, Mangifera indica L., species identification, distribution, Côte d’Ivoire.
Kouadjo Claude Ghislaine1, Doga Dabe2, Loukou Charles3, Koffi Ghislain4, and Coulibaly Sidonie5
1 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Université Nangui Abrogoua, Côte d’Ivoire
4 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Laboraroire Central de Biotechnologies, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Anthracnose disease of mango contributes to a huge loss of mango fruits in côte d’Ivoire. This disease is the main pre- and post-harvest fungal disease infecting mango trees worldwide, and represents the 2nd major constraint to mango production and export in Côte d’Ivoire. However, information on the causal agent of this disease in Côte d’Ivoire remains scarse but présuméd to be Colletotrichum gloeosporioides as reported in early studies that were based on morphological characteristics. Since emerging information evidenced on one hand a possible intraspecific diversity within Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and on the other the existence of other emerging anthracnose causing agents, it was important to thoroughly identify these in North Côte d’Ivoire one of the main mango growing region. 41 fungal isolates were collected from diseased mango fruits in North Côte d’Ivoire, of which forty were morphologically identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and one as Fusarium sp. Further molecular studies using ITS identified Colletotrichum gloeosporioides exhibiting an intraspecific diversity and Fusarium concentricum as the causal agents of anthracnose disease in mango in North Côte d’Ivoire.
Author Keywords: Colletotrichum, Mangifera indica L., species identification, distribution, Côte d’Ivoire.
How to Cite this Article
Kouadjo Claude Ghislaine, Doga Dabe, Loukou Charles, Koffi Ghislain, and Coulibaly Sidonie, “Molecular identification of the causal agents of mango anthracnose disease in North Côte d’Ivoire,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 674–685, January 2025.
