@article{Shutrodhar_Shamsi_2013, title={Anthracnose and leaf spot diseases of Aloe vera L. from Bangladesh}, volume={22}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJBS/article/view/46285}, DOI={10.3329/dujbs.v22i2.46285}, abstractNote={<p>Characteristic symptoms of anthracnose and leaf spot were recorded from diseased leaf samples of <em>Aloe vera </em>L. A total of 8 fungal species, namely <em>Alternaria pluriseptata </em>(Karst. & Har.) Jorstad, <em>Aspergillus flavus </em>Link<em>, Aspergillus niger </em>Van Tieghem, <em>Cladosporium oxysporum </em>Berk. & Curt., <em>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides </em>(Penz.) Sacc., <em>Nigrospora oryzae </em>(Berk. & Br.) Petch, <em>Penicillium </em>sp. and <em>Pestalotiopsis guepinii </em>(Desm.) Stay. were found to be associated with healthy and diseased leaf samples. In addition to above 8 fungi, <em>Curvularia brachyospora </em>Boedijn, <em>Epicoccum purpurascens </em>Ehrenb. ex Schlecht and <em>Sclerotium </em>sp. were also associated with diseased leaf samples of the plant. The prevalence of the fungi ranged 1.43 - 13.35% on healthy leaves and 1.43 - 62.16% on infected leaves. The frequency of <em>C. gloeosporioides </em>was the maximum and that of <em>Aspergillus </em>and <em>Penicillium </em>was the lowest. Pathogenicity test revealed that <em>C. gloeosporioides </em>causes anthracnose and <em>E. purpurascens </em>and <em>P. guepinii </em>cause leaf spots of <em>A. vera.</em></p> <p>Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. <strong>22</strong>(2): 103-108, 2013 (July)</p>}, number={2}, journal={Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences}, author={Shutrodhar, Anita Rani and Shamsi, Shamim}, year={2013}, month={Jul.}, pages={103–108} }