Cesnik, R., & Bettiol, W. 1998 Potencial fitopatogenico de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, agente de controle biologico de Orthezia praelonga. [Phytopathogenic potential of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, the biocontrol agent of Orthezia praelonga (Homoptera, Ortheziidae)].. Laranja 19: 2, 261-268.

Notes: Strains of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata] isolated from Orthezia praelonga and from plant hosts showed pathogenicity when inoculated on injured fruits (banana, loquat fruit, avocado, snap bean [Phaseolus vulgaris], and pepper [Capsicum annuum]). Two effective Orthezia controlling isolates (CTAA1 and CTAA2) did not cause lesions on orange fruits (cv. Pera and Valencia) even after inoculation on injured orange peel, whereas isolates from orange flowers showing symptoms of post bloom fruit drop caused lesions as large as 4.0 cm diameter and, in some cases, complete rotting of the fruit. All G. cingulata isolates were pathogenic toward acid lime, orange, and tangerine (cv. Cravo and Ponkan). No rotting was observed on uninjured citrus fruits immersed in suspensions of conidia of any G. cingulata isolates.