Pseudocercospora cappadocici, a new anamorphic foliicolous hyphomycetous fungus discovered on living leaves of Acer cappadocicum (Sapindaceae) is taxonomically described and illustrated. This species is compared with closely related species of Pseudocercospora and other dematiaceous cercosporoid...

Water scarcity is one of the primary consequences of climate change, which negatively affects crop growth and productivity. Current research focuses on the effect of an antagonistic fungus, Trichoderma harzianum, on drought stress management in rice. Of 30 Trichoderma isolates examined, only seven...

Pseudocercospora haldinae, a new anamorphic foliicolous hyphomycetous fungus discovered on living leaves of Haldina cordifolia (Rubiaceae) is taxonomically described and illustrated. This species is compared with closely related species of Pseudocercospora and other dematiaceous cercosporoid forms...

Aplosporella abexaminans, a new sexual morph fungus belongs to family Aplosporellaceae, was discovered on the bark of stem of Murraya koenigii (Rutaceae) and identified by morphological characteristics and analysis of combined ITS and LSU sequence data. This is the second report of a sexual morph...

A new hyaline coelomycetous fungus discovered on living leaves of Ficus benghalensis (Moraceae) is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it is similar to Septoria or septoria-like genus, but based on cultural characteristics and multigene (LSU-RPB2-ITS) phylogenetic analysis this strain...

Three groups of beetles inhabit cones of cycads (Cycadales) in the northern hemisphere and are believed to be involved in their pollination. The primitive weevil subtribe Allocorynina (Coleoptera: Belidae) is restricted to the New World cycad genera Dioon Lindl. and Zamia L. One group of weevils...

The genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach was applied to genotype selected interspecific hybrid (F₁) and backcross (BC₂) families of Elaeis oleifera and Elaeis guineensis. Genome-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) was estimated at 150-kb pairwise distance for r² values of 0.17 and 0.42 for F₁ and...

The efficacy of some indigenous and non-conventional insecticides as foliar sprays for the management of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) was evaluated in black gram during kharif 2018. The treatments included detergent soap, Neem Kavach 1500 ppm, Indoneem 1500 ppm, buttermilk, lisapol...

Mangroves are taxonomically diverse group of salt-tolerant, mainly arboreal, flowering plants that grow in tropical and sub-tropical regions and have adapted themselves to thrive in such obdurate surroundings. While evolution is often understood exclusively in terms of adaptation, innovation often...