Asterinales of Kerala

by Sivacubramanian, P

ISBN: 9789354618529
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Imprint : Associated Publishing Company
Year : 2024
Price : Rs. 10195.00
Biblio : vii+283p.,figs.,tabls.,col., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. V.B. Hosagoudar, Ph.D. and D.Sc. from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore; working on foliicolous fungi of Western Ghats since 1974. Know for the study of “black mildews/foliicolous fungi.” <BR> Dr. (Mrs) A. Chandra Prabha, completed her Post Graduation and M. Phil. from Madurai Kamaraj University in Tamil Nadu. Her Ph.D. is from University of Kerala. <BR> Dr. D.K. Agarwal (Retd.) M.Sc. (Bot.) 1967, Ph.D. (Bot.) 1974, F.P.S.I., M.N.A. Sc., F.I.M.S. (Mycologist) former professor, Division of Plant Pathology, IARI, New Delhi has contributed extensively on biodiversity of fungi their characterization, maintenance and exploration particularly in the field of Hyphomycetes, Meliolales and Basidiomycetes (Rust & Smut fungi) for the last 40 years.

About The Book

The book gives a brief introduction followed by the characters of the order Meliolales, key to the families and genera. Key to all the species are dealt and placed under their respective alphabetically arranged host families and the fungal genera, synoptic characters of an individual taxon by denoting the name of the species or infra specific taxa. In the descriptive part, the genus with its synonyms, if any, generic description, its type species, schematic representation of the genus in the form of line drawings, followed by its corresponding species is given. The description of each species is nothing but a prologue, carefully rewrititen in accordance with the Hansford’s Monograph. Nomenclature is updated, wherever needed. At the end of the description of each taxa, material denotes its type and name of the herbarium. Nomenclature of taxa are dealt, relevant references are mentioned and the host index is provided for easy search.