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Vegetos: An International Journal of Plant Research
Year : 2012, Volume : 25, Issue : 1
First page : ( 334) Last page : ( 337)
Print ISSN : 0970-4078. Online ISSN : 2229-4473.

Asperisporium pongamiae-pinnatiae, A New Foliicolous Fungus From India

Kharwar R N*, Kumar A1, Nakashima C2, Bhat D J3

Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

1Department of Botany, Budhha P. G. College, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh  India

2Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, 1515 Kamihama, Tsu, Mie, 5148507, Japan

3Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa  403206, India

*Corresponding author email: rnkharwar@gmail.com

Abstract

A new foliicolous hyphomycete, Asperisporium pongamiae-pinnatiae, isolated from leaf spots of Pongamia pinnata L. (Papilionaceae), collected from Banaras Hindu University campus in Varanasi, U.P., India, is described, illustrated and compared with similar taxa in this paper. Besides light microscopy, conidia and conidiomata were examined using a scanning electron microscope.

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Keywords

Asperisporium, foliicolous, hyphomycete, sporodochia, taxonomy.

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