Table 3.
Description of conidia of Fusarium fungi cultivated on CLA.
| Species | Macroconidia | Microconidia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shape, Number of Septa | Average Size (Range) | Shape, Number of Septa | Average Size (Range) | |
| F. compactum | Strong dorsiventral curvature, apical cell elongate and tapering that is often needle like in appearance, basal cell foot-shaped, usually 5-septate | 43.04–62.05 × 4.02–5.13 μm (avg. = 54.08 × 4.50 μm, n = 50) | Not observed | |
| F. ipomoeae | Dorsiventral curvature, smooth, hyaline, apical cell hooked to tapering, basal cell foot-shaped. Usually 5-septate | 40.72–66.64 × 3.67–4.65 μm (avg. = 56.60 × 4.16 μm, n = 50) | Not observed | |
| F. luffae | Falcate, slender, slightly curved, smooth to slightly rough, hyaline, apical cell blunt or hooked, basal cell barely notched, 3–5-septate | 26.18–42.88 × 3.75–4.69 μm (avg. = 33.69 × 4.17 μm, n = 50) | Not observed | |
| F. citri | Falcate, hyaline, apical cell papillate to hooked, basal cell distinctly notched to foot-shaped, 3–5-septate | 24.23–48.42 × 4.05–5.39 μm (avg. = 36.54 × 4.86 μm, n = 50) | Not observed | |
| F. nygamai | Slender, thin walled, hyaline, straight to slightly curved, apical cell short and tapered, basal cell notched or foot-shaped, usually 3-septate | 21.08–36.30 × 2.36–3.91 μm (avg. = 25.81 × 2.36 μm, n = 30) | Oval to elliptical, usually 0-septate | 10.06–16.18 × 2.23–3.86 μm (avg. = 12.88 × 3.02 μm, n = 30) |
| F. lateritium | Falcate to relatively straight, with parallel walls, apical cell hooked or beaked, basal cell foot-shaped or notched, 3–5-septate, usually 5-septate | 38.81–59.69 × 4.31–5.60 μm (avg. = 49.10 × 4.88 μm, n = 50) | Not observed | |