During an extensive survey of fungi from Faizabad (U.P.), the author came across two important diseases, viz., wet rot of Cereus hexagonus caused by Periconia byssoides Pers ex Me'rat and fruit rot of Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels caused by Rhizopus nigricans Ehrenb. ex Corda, new to India. The specimen has been deposited in the Department of Botany, K.S.S. P.G. College, Faizabad under Accession No. RSK 415 and 558. The brief description of the disease is given below: Wet rot disease of Cereus hexagonus: (Caused by Periconia byssoides Pers ex Me'rat, Collected from Ayodhya....
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Sclerotial rot of Stapelia gigantea new to India
Stapelia gigantea, an ornamental succulent of family Asclepiadaceae was observed infected by a rot in Ayodhya of Faizabad district during September 1979. The fungus was isolated on PDA medium and was indentified as Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. The specimen has been deposited in the Department of Botany, K.S.S. P.G. College, Faizabad (Accession No. 649). The disease stars as small pin head size, black submerged spots near the ground which gradually enlarge and merged together to form irregular larger patches. The spots progress upward and within a fortnight involve the entire plant that by this...
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Record of Periconia byssoides on Four 'O' clock plant from India
In September, 1978, the author observed plants of Mirabilis jalapa L. infected by wet disease at Faizabad. On examination the pathogen responsible for the disease was found to be Periconia byssoides Pers. ex Me'rat. The disease starts as a small gray patch at the nodes. The colour of infected region gradually changes to light brown due to the production of codiophores and conidia of pathogen. Within 12-15 days of infection the region of the plant above infected nodes showed wilting, finally the rotting and droping of the plant above it. The specimen has...
Saturday, 1 October 2016
Periconia rot of Capsicum annuum in India
Periconia byssoides is known to parasite a number of plants in India but so far not reported on Capsicum annuum L. The small spherical to irregular spots of light brown colour gradually enlarged and merged subsequently to form continuous dark brown to black patches on stem, leaves and fruits. The whole plant were soon infected and ultimately dried within 20-25 days. The damage was about 70-85 per cent. The fungus was isolated on PDA medium by usual methods. The specimen has been deposited (No. RSK-142) in the herbarium of Botany Department, K.S.S. P.G....
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