Rapid Identification of Colletotrichum Spieces from Strawberry

Strawberry anthracnose is more and more serious in recent years, especially in the high-temperature propagation stage. In order to reduce threaten of this disease, it is important to understand the characteristic of the pathogen. With the rapid development of molecular biology, the taxonomic status was determined by PCR techniques which amplify the fungal ITS conservative sequences, avoiding tedious, time-consuming and unstable the traditional classification. The results showed that six strains were attributed to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, only one strain was classified as Colletotrichum acutatum.