Phytopathogenic fungi with potential as biocontrol agents for weeds of importance in crops of Antioquia, Colombia

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Symptomatology observed in the weeds: Rumex crispus, Digitaria horizontalis, Persicaria nepalensis, and Thunbergia alata under field conditions

Host weed	Symptom		Isolate code
Host weed	Description	Appearance	Isolate code
R. crispus	Slightly round lesions dark brown necrotic in the center concentric in appearance rough in texture and often with surrounding chlorotic areas		R14
	Small circular spots reddish or purple randomly distributed throughout the leaf tissue and plant stem smooth in texture and often with a small whitish center		R15
			R19
D. horizontalis	Round-shaped dark brownish lesions with a concentric appearance and slightly sunken texture surrounded by a chlorotic halo		D30
P. nepalensis	Small spots of purplish or purple color circular in shape with a whitish center of smooth texture		P4
			P5
	Semicircular lesions with the appearance of concentric rings light brown in the center slightly sunken and surrounded by a purplish color growing rapidly on the leaf tissue		P7
T. alata	Necrotic lesions of irregular shape rough in texture and black or sometimes dark brown eventually surrounded by a chlorotic halo		T7
T. alata	Spots initially yellow in color and semicircular or irregular in shape which grows until they coalesce and make the tissue appear chlorotic. Advanced lesions darken to brown with a defined center		T10