New hosts of some parasitic fungi from N.W.F.P. Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir
New hosts of some parasitic fungi from N.W.F.P. Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir
Zakaullah, Jehan Ara and Abdul Jabbar
ABSTRACT
During several surveys carried out in 1986 and 1987 in the North-West Frontier Province,
Northern Areas and the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a sizeable collection of fungi was
made. Of this, 12 fungi were recorded parasitising a dozen new hosts including timber species,
orchard plants, condiments, medicinal herbs and weeds. However, earlier workers (Ahmad
1956, 1956, 1978; Spaudling 1961; Sadiq and Shah 1986) have significantly contributed to
the records of fungi and their hosts occurring in different regions of the country. The present
article describes the fungi comprising 3 Classes: Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Fungi
Imperfect with information on habitat, locality and date of collection etc. Five types of
diseases, i.e., powdery mildews, rusts, needle blight, leaf spot and root rot were found incited
by the fungi on previously unreported hosts.
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September 1987
Vol. 37, Iss. 3
