Leaf Spot Disease of Strychnos nux-vomica Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in South India. K. V. Sankaran, Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Calicut University, 673 635, Kerala, India. M. U. Rahman, and S. Zachariah, Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Calicut University, 673 635, Kerala, India. Plant Dis. 64:953-954. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-953.

A new leaf spot disease of Strychnos nux-vomica was observed in Calicut, Kerala. The causal organism was identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides.