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P. A. Jose , Jacob Thomas

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P. A. Jose , Jacob Thomas , P. N. Krishnan

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Ochreinauclea missionis (Wall ex G. Don) Ridsd. is an extremely rare and threatened medicinally important tree, endemic to Western Ghats. Vegetative propagation of the plant was tried using stem cuttings treated with auxins (IAA, IBA and NAA) during summer, monsoon months and air layering in order to develop promising propagation methods to aid for its conservation. Soft cuttings treated with IBA at a concentration of 1000 ppm during monsoon and air layering during August-October were found to be ideal methods of vegetative propagation of the species.

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V. B. Hosagoudar , Jacob Thomas , P. J. Robin

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This paper gives an account of the fungi collected from Shillong. Of these, Asteridiella phukanea, Asterina schimae, Meliola meghalayensis, M. shillongensis, Questieriella zanthoxyli, Sarcinella castanopsidis and S. lyoniae are the new species. While, Asterina indica, A. hakgalensis and Meliola rubiella are reported for the first time from the state of Meghalaya. The study indicates that North-Eastern region of India is a treasure of foliicolous fungi and its systematic study may bring out several undescribed new species.

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Foliicolous Fungi, Shillong, New Species, New Records

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V. B. Hosagoudar , Jacob Thomas , S. S. Shaji , P. P. Rajeshkumar

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A new species, Balladyna salaciae, infected the leaves of Salacia oblonga, collected from Silent Valley National Park of Palghat district in Kerala state has been described and illustrated in detail.

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Balladyna, New Species, Salacia, Kerala, India

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V. B. Hosagoudar , Jacob Thomas

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Two species of the genus Dysrhynchis, namely, D. palmicola and D. uncinata collected on the leaves of Elaeis guineensis and Ochlandra travancorica from Kerala state are described and illustrated in detail.

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Dysrhynchis, Arecaceae, Poaceae, Kerala

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V. B. Hosagoudar , Jacob Thomas , A. Sabeena

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The genus Humboldtia comprises six species and of which five are in India. All these five species are endemic to Peninsular India. Of these, Humboldtia unijuga and H. vahliana were infected with three species of the Genus lembosia, namely, Lembosia humboldtiae, L. humboldtiicola and L. humboldtiigena. The former species was described from Kerala State and the latter two are described here as new to science. All these species are described and illustrated in detail to provide the consolidated account of the species known on this host genus.

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Fungi, Lembosia, Humboldtia, Kerala, India, New Species

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V. B. Hosagoudar , Jacob Thomas

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This paper gives an account of five taxa of the genus Meliola. Of these, Meliola dioscoreacearum, M. dioscoregena and M. vazhachalensis are the new species, while, M. erythrinae var. indica and M. strophanthicola var. indica are the new varieties collected from the Western Ghats region of Kerala state. All these fungi are described and illustrated in detail.

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Meliola, New Species, Kerala, India

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V. B. Hosagoudar , Jacob Thomas

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Two new species of the genus Sarcinella, namely Sarcinella cipadessae and Sarcinella quisqualidis, infected the leaves of Cipadessa baccifera and Quisqualidis indica have been described and illustrated.

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Sarcinella, New Species, Kerala, India

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V. B. Hosagoudar ¹, A. Sabeena ¹, Jacob Thomas ¹

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1 Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode 695 562, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, IN

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The genus Humboldtia comprises six species and of which five are endemic to Peninsular India. Of these, Humboldtia unijuga and H. vahliana were infected with three species of the genus Lembosia, namely, Lembosia humboldtiae, L. humboldtiicola and L. humboldtiigena. The former species was described from Kerala State and the latter two are described here as new to science. All these species are described and illustrated in detail to provide the consolidated account of the species known on this host genus.

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Fungi, Lembosia, Humboldtia, Kerala, India, New Species

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V. B. Hosagoudar ¹, Jacob Thomas ¹, D. K. Agarwal ²

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1 Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode 695 562, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, IN
2 Plant Pathology Division, IARI, New Delhi 110 012, IN

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This paper gives an account of seven new meliolaceous fungi collected from Kerala State belonging to three genera, namely, Amazonia dikesinghii, Asteridiella amomi, Meliola aganopes, M. cayratiae, M. cipadessae, M. mesuae and M. sanjappae. They have been described and illustrated in detail.

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New, Black Mildews, Amazonia, Asteridiella, Meliola, Kerala, India.

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Jacob Thomas ¹, Lalith Achoth ²

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1 Food & Civil Supply, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IN
2 University of Veterinary Sciences, Bangalore, IN

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb as his name indicates has a complex origin: Greek-Turkish probably, domiciled in the U.S. No wonder, chance becomes the hero of his life. The survivor wins the bet. There is little scope for planning or for direction. Still Taleb admittedly made money in the Wall Street. Is it only chance or clever observation coupled with scrupulous risk aversion? One would never know from the book. Because this charming book is about neither markets nor chance, and money is kept at a place where it should be. It is about Taleb’s love of philosophy, mathematics and literature. How love of knowledge can transcend the narrow streets of super-specialisation and embrace a classicist view is what he is trying to tell us in the book.

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