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Bi-nucleate and Tri-nucleate Conidia in Colletotrichum gossypii South

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AN isolate of Colletotrichum gossypii which was kindly sent from Arkansas by Dr. N. D. Fulton (his No. 6110) produces spores in culture showing great variability in size and shape. This state of affairs has been well known in the genus since the early reports of Alwood1 and Burger2.

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LEAKEY, C. Bi-nucleate and Tri-nucleate Conidia in Colletotrichum gossypii South. Nature 188, 685–686 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188685b0

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