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An isolate ofCercospora personata, the causal organism of the “Tikka disease” or leaf spot ofArachis hypogea, has been shown to be easily culturable in a sporulating condition on a synthetic substrate with added yeast extract provided the inoculum is always a spore from a fresh lesion and not a mycelial bit. The fungus has been shown to be heterotrophic to both thiamine and inositol but after repeated sub-culturing becomes autotrophic to the latter.
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Communicated by Prof. T. S. Sadasivan,f.a.sc.
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Shanta, P. Isolation ofCercospora personata, its sporulation and growth in pure culture. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 44, 271–275 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051014