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A view of an infected pepper . Colletotrichum capsici has a broad host range but prefers peppers, yams and eggplants. On chili peppers, Capsicum annuum L., C. capsici infect the stem, fruit, and leaves of the plant, causing anthracnose, die-back and ripe fruit rot.
Fungal diseases; Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Colletotrichum capsici Glomerella cingulata [teleomorph] Colletotrichum coccodes. Cercospora (frogeye) leaf spot Cercospora capsici. Charcoal rot Macrophomina phaseolina. Choanephora blight Choanephora cucurbitarum. Damping-off and root rot Rhizoctonia solani Phytophthora spp. Fusarium ...
The fruit of the pepper is infected through the stem giving way to water soaked areas on the fruit that are overgrown by signs of the pathogen which appear as, "white-gray, cottony, fungal-like growth" . The fruit mummifies and stays attached to the stem. [5] P. capsici blight on lower stem of a bell pepper plant.
Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) is a plant pathogenic virus that occurs worldwide on species of field grown bell, hot and ornamental pepper species. It is caused by members of the plant virus genus Tobamovirus —otherwise known as the tobacco mosaic virus family.
Kanawa_studio/Getty Images. Also called: sweet pepper, sweet bell pepper Characteristics of bell peppers: Bell peppers are large compared to other types of peppers, and can be green, yellow ...
Alternaria solani is a fungal pathogen that produces a disease in tomato and potato plants called early blight. The pathogen produces distinctive "bullseye" patterned leaf spots and can also cause stem lesions and fruit rot on tomato and tuber blight on potato. Despite the name "early", foliar symptoms usually occur on older leaves. [3]
"Bell peppers are a good source of heart-healthy nutrients like vitamin C, potassium, B6 and antioxidants, particularly carotenoids, which help boost immunity and overall health," says Michelle ...
Capsaicin also inhibits fungal hyphae formation, which impacts the amount of nutrients that the rest of the fungal body can receive. [80] Thirdly, capsaicin disrupts the structure [81] of fungal cells and the fungal cell membranes. This has consequential negative impacts on the integrity of fungal cells and their ability to survive and proliferate.