Anthracnose of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Enkianthus campanulatus</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhynchosia acuminatifolia</Emphasis> caused by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Colletotrichum gloeosporioides</Emphasis> (new occurrence)

In 2003–2004, anthracnoses of Enkianthus campanulatus and Rhynchosia acuminatifolia were found for the first time in Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo in Japan. These pathogens were identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides based on their pathogenicity, morphology and ribosomal DNA spacer sequences. Results were presented at the annual meeting of The Phytopathological Society of Japan in 2004.