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Jeersannidhi Award Lecture

Pathogen diversity and plant disease management - R.P. Thakur

Virology

Virus - vector relationships of yellow vein mosaic virus and white fly (Bemisia tabaci) in pumpkin -K. Jayashree, K.B. Pun and Sabitha Doraiswamy

Comparative host range and serological studies of papaya ringspot potyvirus isolates - Gourgopal Roy,R.K. Jain, A.!. Bhat and A. Varma

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Mycology

Effect of Cyperus rotundus rhizome extract on Fusarium udum - U.P. Slngh, B. Prithiviraj, S. Khiste,Vinod Kumar, J.S. Srivastava, M. Manickam and Amitabh Singh 18

Evaluation of Prosopis pods as a source of carbohydrate for enhancing the growth of soilborne fungi -Satish Lodha, M.D. Bohra and L.N. Harsh 24

Fungal Pathology

Mating type distribution, fertility and pathogenicity of rice isolates of Magnaporthe grisea in four ricegrowing regions of India - V. Brindha Priyadarisini, G. Viji and S.S. Gnanamanickam 28

Multiplication and infectivity of sporidia of Tilletia barclayana, the causal organism of kernel smut ofrice - S.S. Chaltal, Gurbaj Singh and P.P.S. Pannu 35

Mycoparasitic action of some fungi on spot blotch pathogen (Drechslera sorokiniana) of wheat -Sudhamoy Mandal, K.D. Srivastava, Rashmi Aggarwal and D. V. Singh 39

Biocontrol of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot of chickpea - S.K. Sharma, B.R. Verma andB.K. Sharma 44

Parasitism of Sclerotium rolfsii by Trichoderma - Suseelendra Desai and E. Schbsser 47

Effect of soil solarization on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp Carthami populations in endemic soils -R. Kalpana Sastry and C. Chattopadhyay 51

Role of inoculum density and incubation period on saprophytic behaviour of Rhizoctonia solani andRhizoctonia bataticola - S. Pandey, S.N. Srivastava, Ram Ji Lal and R.c. Tripathi 56

Influence of herbicides on the antifungal activity of some fungicides against Phytophthora blight ofpigeonpea - Birendra Singh, S.N. Chaturvedi and R.H. Singh 59

Variation in the production of enzymes by different isolates of Myrothecium roridum causing leafspot ofmungbean - S.N. Singh and P. Shukla 63

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Nematology

Effect of Heterodera cajani and Meloidogyne incognita with Fusarium udum and Bradyrhizobium japonicumon the wilt disease complex of pigeonpea - Zakt A. Siddiqui and Irshad Mahmood 66

Short Communications

Alarming epidemic of rice tungro disease in North-West India - A. Varma, F.R. Niazi, L Dasgupta,J. Stngh, S.S. Cheema and S.S. Sokh!

Changes in different nutrients and enzyme contents in mango leaves infected with Colletotrichumgloesporioides - M. Tofazzal Hossain, M. Zahangir Alam and N. Absar

Biochemical changes in Jasminum grandiflorum infected by Uromyces hobsoni - P.K. Jite and J.Tressa

Fungi responsible for seedling emergence problem in different soybean cultivars in Tarai region - UmaSing" and P.N. Thapliyal

Fusarial wilt, a new groundnut disease in Meghalaya - Rapid screening technique for disease resistance- M. Santhalakshmi Prasad, M. Srinivas Prasad, Sangit Kumar and Satish Chandra

Reaction of some chickpea cultivars to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri and Meloidogyne incognitadisease complex - V. Krishna Rao and K. Krishnappa

Inheritance of resistance in linseed to powdery mildew (Oidium /in!) disease - G.S. Saharan and M.S.Saharan

Screening for reaction to downy mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) in melons - Sanjay Singh,Tarsem Lal and P.P. Singh

A preliminary screening study of pot marigold cultivars for resistance to powdery mildew - S. JqbalHusain and Mohd. Akram

Effect of organic soil amendments against rice sheath blight - B. Meena and M. Muthusamy

Chemical control of banded leaf and sheath blight of maize - R.e. Sharma and S.N. Rai

Management of mungbean Cercospora leaf spot through fungicides - H.J. Kapadiya and L U. Dhruj

Puccinia cannacearum, a new rust taxon on Canna indica - G. Bagyanarayana and P. Ramesh

New Records

News

Book Review

NO. 2

Prof. S.N. Dasgupta Memorial Lecture

Phytophthora cactorum - A threatening pathogen of apple - V.K. Gupta

Virology

A strain of cucumber mosaic cucumovirus causing mosaic in marigold in India - Doomar Singh, Q.A.Naqvi and LD. Garg

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Mycology

Effect of sulphur dioxide and ozone on spore germination of four pathogenic fungi - Shazia Slddiqui andM. Wajid Khan

Influence of certain rhizosphere fungi together with Rhizoctonia solani and Meloidogyne incognita ongermination of 'Pusa Ruby' tomato seeds - Rekha Arya and S.K. Saxena

Nematology

Management of Meloidogyne incognita on okra by chemical seed dressing and seed soaking - IndiraVadltera, S.P. Tiwari and B.N. Shukla

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Prevalence of Aflatoxin B 1 in rice bran and some associated factors - T. Vincent Paul Elangovan andIndira Kalyanasundaram 129

Presence of malformin - like substances in the culture filtrates of Fusarium species - Neeraj Kumar andSant Ram 134

Meteorological variables in relation to an epiphytotic of powdery mildew disease of Mustard - V.A.Solanki, B.K. Patel and A.M. Shekh 138

Efficacy of different fungicidal spray schedules in combating apple scab severity in Uttar PradeshHimalayas - K.P. Sing" and J. Kumar 142

Natural occurrence of Ochratoxin A and toxigenic Aspergillus ochraceus strains in dry fruit slices ofquinces from Jammu and Kashmir - Yash Pal Sharma and Geeta Sumbali 148

Growth responses in Acacia nilotica inoculated with VAM fungi (Glomus mosseae), Rhizobium sp. andTrichoderma harzianum - Priya Rani, Ashok Aggarwal and R.S. Mehrotra 151

Short Communications

On the occurrence of green mosaic disease on mulberry in India - V. P. Gupta

Occurrence and sources of resistance of sterility mosaic of pigeonpea - A.K. Slngh, K.C. Agrawal andY.P.S. Rat"i

Revised criteria for grading resistance against red rot disease of sugarcane - S.K. Duttamajumder andR.P. Sing"

Fusarium solani and Fusarium moniliforme in coconut leaf rot disease - N. Srinivasan and M.Gunasekaran

Survival of Rhizoctonia solani in soil under varying temperature regimes - Pratibha Sati and A.P.Sillha

In vitro pollen germination test for white rust tolerance In Brassicas - Anjali Jain, H.R. Dhingra,Nares" Mehta and T.M. Varghese

In vitro induction and selection for late blight resistance in potato - Aparna Das, J.L. Minocha, T.S.Thind and H.S. Dhaliwal

Reaction of rice cultivars/lines to Fusarium sheath rot - N. Iboton Singh and R.K. Tombisana Devi

Integrated biological-chemical control of Botrytis gray mould of chickpea - M.P. Haware, P.K.Mukherjee, J.M. Lenne, S. Jayanthi, H.S. Tripathi and Y.P.S. Rathi

Management of angular leaf spot of French bean through fungicides - K. Rajappan and 1. Yesuraja

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Efficacy of some plant leaf extracts against weed fungi coming up during cultivation of oyster mushroomon sugarcane bagasse - A.K. Sing" 179

Impact of sulphur dioxide on root colonization by VAM fungi and nodulation on blackgram - MadhuKulshreshtha and M. Wajid Khan 182

Impact of fly ash application in soil on root colonization by a VAM fungus and root nodulation byRhizobium - Madhu Kulshreshtha and M. Wajid Khan 185

Effect of moisture levels on the survival of Trichoderma harzianum in soil - J. Jayaraj and R.Ramabadran 188

Rhizobium - Trichoderma interaction in vitro and in vivo - J. Jayaraj and R. Ramabadran 190

A preliminary report on the phyllosphere mycoflora of tea and the soil mycoflora of ail experimental teaplantation area of Cachar - P.R. Deb, M. Deb and B.K. Dutta 193

Effect of certain soil fungi on Metarhizium and Beauveria spp. and their pathogenicity againstHolotrichia consanguinea - Shashi Sharma, R.B.L. Gupta and c.P.S. Yadava 196

Agaricales from Western Ghats-VI - K.B. Vrinda, C.K. Pradeep, Sibi Mathew and T.K. Abraham 198

Some new host records of Helminthosporium from India - K.P'S. Kushwaha, Madu Kulshreshtha, D.K.Agarwal and A.K. Sarbhoy 201

New Records 203

News 204

Book Reviews 205

NO. 3

Prol. M.S. Pavgi Lecture

Molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions: Do we have enough answers? - Bushan L. Jalali 209

Virology

Ultrastructural studies on different host-tospovirus combinations - I.D. Garg, V, Hegde, S.M. PaulKhurana ami R.A. Singh 215

Screening of plant species for the presence of antiviral principles against okra yellow vein mosaic virus- K.B. Pun, Sabltha Doraiswamy and R. Jeyarajan

Effect of planting time on the incidence of papaya ringspot virus disease and yield of fruits - N. Kudadaand Sold. Prasad

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Bacteriology

Beneficial effects of indigenous cotton rhizobacteria on seed germinability, growth promotion andsuppression of bacterial blight disease - K.K. Mondal, R.P. Singh and J.P. Verma

Mycology

Studies on the section Lactifluus, of the genus Lactarius in India - v'K. Bhatt, R.P. Bhatt andR.D. Gaur 236

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Studies on Meliolaceae of India-I'V - M.S. Patil and S.H. Mahamulkar 245

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Distribution of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in coal mine overburden dumps - K.K Chandraand Jamaluddin 254

Fungal Pathology

Natural incidence of tremorgenic mycotoxins in bakery products - Md. Rafluddin, S. Girisham andS.M. Reddy 259

Variations in enzyme activity of tebuconazole tolerant biotypes of Trichoderma viride - A. Kumar andJ.P. Gupta

Effect of date of planting on development of late blight of potato in Punjab - P.S. Sekhon and S.S. Sokhi

Effect of environmental conditions, salicylic acid and phytohormones on pea leaf blightAnita Gahalaln, Pramod Kumar, J.C Bhatt, S.D. Dube and V.S. Chauhan

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Organic solvents as carrier of thiophanate-methyl into soybean seeds and control of charcoal rot -B. Santha Lakshmi, J.P. Gupta and M. Srinivas Prasad

Studies on compatibility of white muscardine fungus Beauveria bassiana with some neem products -Pramila Gupta, M.S. Paul and S.N. Sharma

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Short Communications

Distribution of citrus greening disease ID Marathwada region of Maharashtra - A.K. Das andShyam Singh 281

Plant parasitic nematodes intercepted from imported ornamental plants - S. Lath a, D. v.N. Babu,N. Sathyanarayana, O.R. Reddy and Renu Sharma 283

Cell wall degrading enzymes in host-pathogen interaction of Fusarium wilt of chickpea: Inhibitory effectsof phenolic compounds - M.K. Mandavia, H.P. Gajera, J.H. Andharia, R.R. Khandar andM. Parameswaran 285

Influence of season and planting date on sheath rot incidence in rice - M.M. Reddy, cs. Reddy andA.G.R. Reddy 289

Influence of dates of sowing and environmental factors on collar rot of okra - S.C Dubey and A.K Jha 291

Role of inoculum density and incubation period on saprophytic behaviour of Pythium ultimum andSclerotium rolfsii - S. Pandey, Ram Jilal, S.N. Srivastava and R.C Tripatht 294

Effect of two new organophosphorus compounds against sheath blight of rice - Janki Kandhari andR.L. Gupta 297

Tilletia thirumalachari- a new smut species from Maharashtra - R. V. Gandhe and KanchangangaGandhe 299

Studies on Agaricales of Kumaon Himalaya - R.S. Adhikari 302

Abstracts 304

New Records 328

News 329

Book Reviews 331

Obituary 333

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NO. 4

Mundkur Memorial Lecture

Root (wilt) disease of coconut - P.K. Koshy

Virology

Management of citrus ring spot disease through thermotherapy - S.S. Cheema, Jagjeet Singh Lore andS.S. GosaL 354

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Effect of plant extracts and derivatives, butter milk and virus inhibitory chemicals on pumpkin yellowvein mosaic virus transmission - K. Jayashree, K.B. Pun and Sabitha Doraiswamy 357

Comparison of three serological assays for the detection of potyviruses - A.I Bhat, A. Varma andR.K. Jain 362

Bacteriology

Analysis of mutation affecting antifungal property of a fluorescent Pseudomonas sp. during cotton-Rhizoc-tonia interaction - K.N. Anith, K. V.B.R. Tilak and T.P. Manomohandas 366

Mycology

Revisionary study of the genus Melampsora on Euphorbiaceae - G. Bagyanarayana 370

Three new species of black rnildews from forest flora of north - eastern Uttar Pradesh - R.e. Verma,Madhava Slraran Tripathi and R.K. Chaudhary 377

Fungal Pathology

Heavy metals uptake and disease susceptibility of maize - R. Chakrabarti and R.P. Purkayastha 381

Effect of soil texture and depth on the survival of Rhizoctonia solani in soil - Pratibha Sati andA.P. Sinha 385

Characterization of pathogenic variability in Colletotrichum truncatum in Himachal Pradesh - RajanSharma and R.P. KaushaL 389

Epidemiology of bean anthracnose Colletotrichum lindemuthianum under sub-humid mid-hills zone ofHimachal Pradesh - Ashok Kumar, P.N. Sharma, O.P. Sharma and P.D. Tyagi 393

Foliar blights of wheat: Current status in India and identification of donor lines for resistance throughmultilocational evaluation - L.B. Goel, S. Nagarajan, R. V. Singh, v.e. Sinha and J. Kumar 398

Genetics of resistance to Ascochyta blight in chickpea - Mahendra PaL,S. Pandia RaJkumar, JitendraKumar and Birendra Singh 403

Management of Helminthosporium leaf blight of wheat in Nepal - B.N. Mahto 408

Short Communications

Estimation of losses caused by peanut bud necrosis virus on yield parameters of groundnut - L.P. Bhargava,A.K. Sobti, A.K. Bhargava and A.K. Nag

Disease suppression and plant growth promotion of peanut by fluorescent pseudomonad strains, FPC 32 andFPO 4, in soil infested with collar-rot fungi, Aspergillus niger - e. Dileep, B.S. Dileep Kllmar and H.C.Dube

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Studies on ontogeny of teliospore ornamentation of Neovossia indica observed through scanning electronmicroscopy - Rashmi Aggarwal, D.V. Singh and K.D. Srivastava 417

On the occurrence of sugarcane diseases in Assam - P. Nath, A.K. Saikia and S.N. Singh 420

Efficacy of four triazole fungicides in the control of leaf spots and rust of groundnut - K.B. Jadeja, D.M.Nandolia, I.V. Dhruj and R.R. Khandar 421

Evaluation of fungicides for the control of head smut in kodo millet - A.K. Jain 423

New records 425

News 427

Obituary 428

Report of the Secretary 430

Report of the Chief Editor 433