Fig 3. Strawberry fruits and plants used for pathogenicity tests (A and C) and symptoms (B and D).

(A) Unripe fruits (phenological stage turning white-pink) used for artificial inoculations of Colletotrichum spp. (B) Strawberry fruits 7 days after inoculation with Colletotrichum sp. spores suspension showing typical black spot symptoms (bottom left) and with sterile water used as control (top right) (C) Three-month-old strawberry plants used to pathogenicity assays (D) Strawberry plant crown sectioned showing presence of red-brownish lesions characteristic of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum spp.