In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Features of Myxomycota 2. Phylogeny of Myxomycota 3. Class Myxomycetes Introduction 4. Economic Importance 5. Occurrence 6. Sexual Reproduction 7. Life Cycle Pattern. Features of Myxomycota: The Myxomycota or slime molds, are fungus-like organisms. They are characterised by the absence of cell wall from their amoeboid,' animal-like vegetative or assimilatory phase. The [...]
In this article we will discuss about the somatic phase of myxomycota, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. The somatic phase consists of coenocytic mass of highly granular protoplasm containing hundreds or thousands of nuclei and vacuoles without cell walls, but delimited only by a thin plasma membrane—a plasmodium (pl. plasmodia) (Fig. 321A). The Plasmodium is a flat amoeboid [...]
In this article we will discuss about the morphology and vegetative structures of Colletotrichum. Morphology of Colletotrichum: Colletotrichum: Common Name: Red-Rot of Surgarcane (Saccharum officinarum). Occurrence: It occurs commonly on the stem and leaves of sugarcane plants in every sugarcane- growing region, and causes the common red-rot disease of surgarcane. Colletotrichum capsici occurs on Capsicum anum. Symptoms of the Disease [...]