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Sporulation ofPestalotia palmarum Cooke in culture

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The fungusPestalotia palmarum Cooke required light for formation of acervuli in culture. Best fruiting was obtained on Czapek’s agar with yeast extract and under black light. Fruiting could also be induced by daylight fluorescent and incandescent lamps. When cultures were exposed to light for 12 hr fruiting was similar under blue, green, yellow and red filters.

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  1. Centre for Advanced Study in Botany, University Botany Laboratory, Madras 600 005

    R N Swamy & K Mani

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Swamy, R.N., Mani, K. Sporulation ofPestalotia palmarum Cooke in culture. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 87, 93–98 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046957

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