Biodiversity of Plant Pathogenic Fungi - Kerala Forest Research ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
The authors express their sincere gratitude to the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment and <strong>Forest</strong>s,<br />
Government <strong>of</strong> India, New Delhi for financial assistance to this project. Authors are grateful to<br />
Dr. J. K. Sharma, Director, KFRI for his valuable suggestions and constant encouragement during<br />
the course <strong>of</strong> this study and to Dr. R. Gnanaharan, <strong>Research</strong> Coordinator, KFRI for various<br />
suggestions during the course <strong>of</strong> work and also to improve the manuscript. Authors extend<br />
sincere thanks to Dr. R.V. Varma, Programme Coordinator, Division <strong>of</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Protection, for his<br />
encouragements and support.<br />
The co-operation and generous help received from the staff <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Kerala</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Department in<br />
conducting the field studies and invaluable helps rendered by Dr. N. Sasidharan and Sri. P.<br />
Sujanapal for identification and confirmation <strong>of</strong> the plant specimens are gratefully acknowledged.<br />
Thanks are also due to Dr. K. Sivaram for statistical analyses <strong>of</strong> the data. Mr. K.C. Rajesh<br />
Kumar, Mrs. Laya P. Nair and Ms. Leena C. Mohan served as <strong>Research</strong> Fellows in the project<br />
and their assistance in carrying out the project work is gratefully acknowledged. Help rendered by<br />
Sri. N. Ratheesh and Sri. Shaju K. Francis in processing the disease specimens is also gratefully<br />
acknowledged. Thanks are also due to Dr. K.V. Sankaran and Dr. C. Renuka for critically going<br />
through the text and <strong>of</strong>fering editorial comments which have helped to improve the presentation<br />
<strong>of</strong> this report.<br />
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