Abstract:
The investigation of the agent causing diseases is the first step to determine and control the spread of diseases.
Anthracnose causing fruit rot on the red pepper in Indonesia that reduces the yield up to 90%. Colletotrichum is
reported as the causative fungal agent of anthracnosis on the red pepper. This study aims to determine the type of
Colletotrichum spp. pathogenic fungi on the red pepper collected from Agricultural Field Kricaan, Magelang, Central
Java. Methods of identification included macroscopic and microscopic characterization and followed by determining
the pathogenicity of the pathogenic agent. In this study, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum are
identified as the causative agents of anthracnose in the red pepper collected from the study location. C. acutatum
PC3 strain is identified as the most virulent pathogenic agent.
Keywords: anthracnosis, diagnosis, diseases, symptoms, pathogen
