Anthracnose of Chili
Colletotrichum spp.
Chilifungal
A fungal disease of ripening chili fruit producing sunken, concentrically ringed spots with colorful spore masses.
Symptoms
Sunken, dark, concentrically ringed spots on ripening fruit with pink-to-orange spore masses in humid weather.
Favorable conditions
- •Warm, wet weather during fruit ripening
- •Overhead irrigation and rain splash
Management
- 1Rotate fungicides
- 2Plant resistant varieties
- 3Rotate crops
- 4Avoid overhead irrigation
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