Cylindrocladium quinquesptatum. cultural characteristics and reproductive morphology of the clove isolate IMI 342173 from Sri Lanka

Abstract

Cylindrocladium quinquesptatum boeddijn and reitsma, is a destructive pathogen of eugenia caryophyllata (clove) and is identified as a potential pathogen of hevea barasiliensis in Sri Lanka. Further, the fungus infescts a number of ornamental and forest trees. We report using photomicrographs the cultural characteristics abd the morphology of the reproductive structures; condida, vesicle, stipe, phialides, chlamydospores and microsclerotia of clove isolate IMI 342173. Our investigations demonstrates that the isolate IMI 342173 from Sri Lanka resembles the isolates of C. quinqueseptatum obtained from different hosts in other parts of the world.