First identified Colletotrichum scovillei causing anthracnose on chili peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) from traditional market in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

Wawan Abdullah Setiawan *, Yulianty, Wahyu Widianningrum, Martha Lulus Lande and Mohammad Kanedi

Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Lampung, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.
 
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2022, 07(01), 302–307.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2022.7.1.0210
Publication history: 
Received on 08 September 2022; revised on 11 October 2022; accepted on 14 October 2022
 
Abstract: 
Chili peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) was one of the vegetables that have good marketing prospects in Indonesia. However, the disease that was often found in chili plants is anthracnose. Anthracnose disease is usually caused by the fungus, Colletotrichum sp. which can attack from the growing period until harvest. The purpose of this study was to isolate and analyze the phylogenetic fungi of Colletotrichum sp. as a pathogen in chili peppers taken from the traditional market in Bandar Lampung, Lampung, Indonesia. We have isolated the Colletotrichum sp. from chili peppers. That isolate was characterized macroscopically and microscopically, namely W1, which has been identified as Colletotrichum sp. W1 was then analyzed phylogenetically using Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequence. Molecular Evolution Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version X was used to analyze the sequence that has obtained. W1 isolate was known as Colletorichum scovillei which had been deposited in GeneBank with accession number LC577889.
 
Keywords: 
Chili peppers; Antrachnose; Colletotrichum scovillei; Market
 
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