Plant Pathology & Quarantine — Doi 10.5943/ppq/2/2/12 190 Colletotrichum sansevieriae on Sansevieria trifasciata – a report from Madhya Pradesh, India Gautam AK* 1 , Avasthi S 2 and Bhadauria R 2 1 Department of Botany, Abhilashi Institute of Life Sciences, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India 2 Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, School of Studies in Botany, Jiwaji University, Gwalior- 474011 (M.P.) India Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Bhadauria R 2012 – Colletotrichum sansevieriae on Sansevieria trifasciata – a report from Madhya Pradesh, India. Plant Pathology & Quarantine 2(2), 190–192, doi 10.5943/ppq/2/2/12 An infection was noticed on leaves of Sansevieria trifasciata in 2011 at Jiwaji University Campus, Madhya Pradesh, India. Morphological, cultural and microscopic characteristics resulted in identification of the causal agent as Colletotrichum sansevieriae. This is the first report of C. sansevieriae on S. trifasciata from Madhya Pradesh, India. Key words – Colletotrichum sansevieriae – India – leaf disease – Sansevieria trifasciata Article Information Received: 7 November 2012 Accepted: 9 November 2012 Published online 29 November 2012 *Corresponding author: AK Gautam – e-mail – a2gautam2006@gmail.com Introduction Sansevieria trifasciata, a member of the Agavaceae, is a common ornamental plant of cactus and succulents category native to tropical West Africa. The plant is evergreen, herbaceous and perennial, and is extensively used as hedge plant throughout India. It used as an ornamental, both in interior and exterior decoration and as a landscape foliage plant. The leaves usually range between 70–100 cm long and 5–6 cm wide. The genus contains more than 60 species with wide distribution in Africa, Arabia and India (Palmateer et al. 2012). All parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested and skin irritation or allergic reaction may occur during plant handling. An infection was noticed on leaves of S. trifasciata in 2011 at Jiwaji University campus, Madhya Pradesh, India. Materials and Methods The infected leaves of Sansevieria trifasciata were collected in 2011 from Jiwaji University Campus (M.P.), and taken to the laboratory for further experimentation. A morphological analysis of the disease on leaves was carried out. The leaves showing the typical disease symptoms were cut into small fragments, surface sterilized with 0.5% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), plated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) media and incubated at 25±2º C for 6-7 days. Fungi that grew from lesions were subcultured on PDA and pure