Table 2.
Morphological characters of Fusarium spp. isolated from cucurbit plants.
| Fusarium Species | Chla. shape | Pigmentation on PDA | Number of septa in macroconidia | Microconidia shape | Types of conidiogenous cells |
General morphology |
Macroconidia size (μm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poly | Mono | Apical cell | Basal cell | ||||||
| F. equiseti | ro | Brown | 5–7 | − | − | + | Tapered, elongated | Fs | 44–78 × 3.3–5.6 |
| F. oxysporum | sm | Violet | 3 | ov to el | − | + | Curved | Fs | 32–56 × 3.1–5.7 |
| F. proliferatum | − | Violet | 3–5 | cl, na | + | + | Curved | Pdfs | 25–58 × 3.0–5.0 |
| F. semitectum | ro | Brown | 3–5 | − | + | + | Curved and tapered | Fs | 37–58 × 3.0–5.0 |
| F. solani (morphotype II) | sm | Red | 5 | el to tr, cl | − | + | Tapered | Fs | 32–68 × 3.6–6.0 |
| F. solani (morphotype I) | ro | White | 3 | re | − | + | Rounded and curved | Nfs | 30–50 × 3.5–5.7 |
+ = presence, − = absence, Poly = polyphialidic, Mono = monophialidic, Pdfs = poorly developed foot shape, Nfs = Notch or foot shape, Fs = foot shape, Lfs = long foot shape, Chla = chlamydospore, ro = rough, sm = smooth, el = ellipsoid, tr = truncate, cl = clavate, re = reniform, ov = oval.