First report of Meliola panici on Ottochloa nodosa (Kunth) Dandy (Poaceae)

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Gopinathan Nair Gokul
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5409-8176
Jacob Thomas
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3537-8962

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This is the first report of biotrophic association of Black Mildew disease causing fungus on Ottochloa nodosa (Poaceae). The fungal pathogen is identified as Meliola panici. The samples of the fungus collected from southern Western Ghats of Kerala State, India is described.

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