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Pathogen

Trichothecium roseum

Overview

Scientific name

Trichothecium roseum

Genus

Trichothecium

EPPO code

TRITRO

Common name

Postharvest pink rot

Synonyms

Cephalothecium roseum

Description

Pinkish colonies that are flat, granular and powdery in appearance. Conidia are typically 2-celled, with the apical cell being larger than the curved basal cell (posessing an obvious hilum). 

Images of Trichothecium roseum

Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.
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Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, CA

Powdery pink colonies with an abundance of two celled conidia.


sterilisation: 1% NaOCl 4 min | growth time: 7 days | temperature: 25C -/+2C | lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals | plate size: 100mm | agar: PDA ( Neogen) |
DNA testing: None

Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.
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Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, CA

Powdery pink colonies with an abundance of two celled conidia.


sterilisation: 1% NaOCl 4 min | growth time: 7 days | temperature: 25C -/+2C | lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals | plate size: 100mm | agar: PDA ( Neogen) |
DNA testing: None

Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.
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Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, CA

Powdery pink colonies with an abundance of two celled conidia.


sterilisation: 1% NaOCl 4 min | growth time: 7 days | temperature: 25C -/+2C | lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals | plate size: 100mm | agar: PDA ( Neogen) |
DNA testing: None

Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.
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Trichothecium roseum on Triticum spp.

Image credits: Alberta Plant Health Lab, CA

Pinkish colored, flat, granular and powdery colonies


Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris
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Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, CA

Pinkish dusty colony, powdery from conidia


sterilisation: 1% NaOCl 4 min | growth time: 7 days | temperature: 25C -/+2C | lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals | plate size: 100mm | agar: PDA ( Neogen) |
DNA testing: None

Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris
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Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, CA

Pinkish dusty colony, powdery from conidia


sterilisation: 1% NaOCl 4 min | growth time: 7 days | temperature: 25C -/+2C | lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals | plate size: 100mm | agar: PDA ( Neogen) |
DNA testing: None

Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris
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Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, CA

Pinkish dusty colony, powdery from conidia


sterilisation: 1% NaOCl 4 min | growth time: 7 days | temperature: 25C -/+2C | lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals | plate size: 100mm | agar: PDA ( Neogen) |
DNA testing: None

Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris
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Trichothecium roseum on Lens culinaris

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, CA

Pinkish dusty colony, powdery from conidia


sterilisation: 1% NaOCl 4 min | growth time: 7 days | temperature: 25C -/+2C | lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals | plate size: 100mm | agar: PDA ( Neogen) |
DNA testing: None