Biodiversity of Foliar Fungi Associated with Angiosperms of Bajaur District with Taxonomic Notes on Some New Records from Pakistan
Biodiversity of Foliar Fungi Associated with Angiosperms of Bajaur District with Taxonomic Notes on Some New Records from Pakistan
Rafi Ullah, Hamid Ullah, Muhammad Abdul Haq* and Aminul Haq
ABSTRACT
Fungi are considered to be the most common and dangerous plant pathogens. Fungal diseases cause significant harm to leaves, the site of food synthesis, and thus they pose a major risk to biodiversity and global food security. The foliar fungal infections of Tehsil Khar and Tehsil Utman Khel in the Pakistani district of Bajaur, KP, were the subject of this investigation. A thorough investigation was conducted on seven distinct plant species because they exhibited foliar symptoms indicative of fungal disease. Alternaria solani, Erysiphe platani, Helicoceras celtidis, Leveilulla taurica, Phyllactinia moricola, Plasmopara viticola, Podosphaera xanthii, and Pseudocercospora platanigena were the eight fungal foliar pathogens that were isolated. Ampelomyces quisqualis was isolated from E. platani , a Platanus powdery mildew. All of the pathogens that have been found are new records from Pakistan, with the exception of Alternaria solani and P. platanigena. For the first time, P. xanthii has been found in Pakistan associated with annual weed plant “Xanthium strumarium”. The district now has new records for each of the aforementioned taxa. Re-description and illustration of a few taxa are done.
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