Abstract

A few new foliar diseases and shoot-die back of exotic acacias are reported for the first time from India. In Acacia melanoxylon foliar spot and shoot die-back were caused by Exserohilum rostratum and Fusarium semitectum, respectively. In nurseries and plantations of A. auriculiformis and A. mangium, Cylindrocladium quinqueseptatum, Colletotrichum state of Glomerella cingulata, Phoma sorghina and Phomopsis sp. caused foliar infections