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verse side of the agar plate is zonated. The color is<br />

dark reddish brown. At 21 °C under alternating 12-h<br />

NUV light and 12-h darkness, colonies spread relatively<br />

fast and attain a 5.16-cm diam in 5 d. They are<br />

azonated; aerial mycelia are nil to scanty, slightly<br />

pressed to the media, powdery, becoming creamy<br />

with age, and light yellow at the center, becoming<br />

dull reddish brown n with light gray margins. The<br />

colony on the reverse side of the agar plate appears<br />

azonated and dull reddish brown. At 28 °C under<br />

alternating 12-h fluorescent light and 12-h darkness,<br />

colonies spread relatively fast and attain a 5.28-cm<br />

diam in 5 d. They are zonated with even margins and<br />

aerial mycelia are scanty and hairy, with 6-mm submerged<br />

advancing mycelia. The color is dull brown<br />

to brown, becoming lighter toward the margin. The<br />

colony on the reverse side of the agar plate appears<br />

zonated with a dull reddish brown color.<br />

Nigrospora sp.<br />

teleomorph: Khushia oryzae Huds.<br />

Disease caused: minute leaf and grain spot<br />

a. Symptoms<br />

Presence of numerous minute black pustules<br />

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