The aim of this work was to study the colonization of leaves, petioles, veins, branches, fruits, and peduncles by C. gloeosporioides, the causal agent of blister spot, under natural infections of cultivar Catucaí Vermelho in field conditions. All materials were analyzed through scanning electron microscopy. The branches and veins of coffee leaves affected by blister spot with descending death as well as hypocotyls from seedlings had their xylem, phloem and cortical cells colonized by C. gloeosporioides while fruits showing blister spot symptoms had their exocarp, mesocarp, endocarp, and endosperm tissues colonized by C. gloeosporioides.
Coffee tree; anthracnose; scanning electron microscopy
