BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 3

New Varieties of Meliola from Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra, India.

  • Author:
  • D. Pratik Natekar*, R. Chandrahas Patil1
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Published Online: Nov 10, 2025
  • Page Number: 240 to 251

1P. G. Department of Botany, Dattajirao Kadam Arts, Science & Commerce College, Ichalkaranji-416 115, Dist.-Kolhapur, Maharashtra (India)

Department of Botany, Abasaheb Marathe Art’s and New Commerce, Science College, Rajapur-416 702, Dist- Ratnagiri, Maharashtra (India)

*Email: natekarpratik07@gmail.com

Online published on 10 November, 2025.

Abstract

During the investigation on black mildew from Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts of Maharashtra State, some varieties of Meliola were observed on different hosts namely to Meliola anacardii var. dentate on Anacardium occidentale; Meliola bantamensis var. ratnagiriensis on Desmodium dichotomum; Meliola ervatamiae var. alternifiliae on Tabernaemontana alternifolia; Meliola indica var. barringtoniae on Barringtonia acutangula and Meliola memecyli var. memecylonensis on Memecylon talbotianum respectively.

Keywords

Fungal Taxonomy, Meliolales, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, New Variety, India