Studies on the fungal diseases of ornamental plants

Abstract

The survey was conducted to study the occurence of fungal pathogens on common ornamental plants grown in the college campus. Collototrichum gloeosporioides, Cercospora sp, Pestalotia sp, Coryaespora sp, Curvularia sp,Sooty mould and red rust were the common pathogens noticed. Of these, leaf spot disease due to S gloeosporiodes forms the major disease affecting majority of the ornamental plants. Symptamatology, morphology and cultural characters of the seven isolates of S glocosporioides were made. The Characteristics of these isolates compares well and agreed with those reported in literature.