Euphorbiaceae Week: Euphorbia helioscopia from Kashmir

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 8, 2011, 7:00:52 AM3/8/11

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Euphorbia helioscopia a very common week in Kashmir along road sides, wastelands and borders of fields Details have been provided in the mail about Delhi plant

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

Euphorbia-helioscopia-Kashmir-a.jpg

Euphorbia-helioscopia-Kashmir-b.jpg

Rashida Atthar

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Mar 10, 2011, 8:14:56 AM3/10/11

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Thank you for the pictures Sir. Thought these scanned attachments of the floral morphology will interest many. I was quite fascinated with the detailed descriptions when I was going through it. Your pictures are also just right to understand and compare these diagrams with. Ref: 'Common Families of Flowering Plant' by Hickey and King.

regards,

Rashida.

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Euphorbia helioscopia L. morphology diagrams.jpg

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 10, 2011, 9:15:45 AM3/10/11

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Thanks for additional information Rashida ji

The photograph I have uploaded shows yellow rust infection along tips of leaves This generally turns severe in autumn. Ask Tanay for the species of the rust.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

Rashida Atthar

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Mar 10, 2011, 9:19:36 AM3/10/11

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Yes Sir it is visible in some of the tips, Tanay's diagnosis of the same needed !

regards,

Rashida.

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tanay bose

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Mar 10, 2011, 11:29:36 AM3/10/11

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Hi Sir Ji and Rashida Ji,

Probably the fungi is Melampsora euphorbiae, this rust fungi is know to have a

considerable host range. As the name suggests, it is a pathogen for Euphorbia sp only.

For more information kindly go though the link below ..

http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/Alert_List/fungi/Melampsora_euphorbiae.htm

Tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
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Webpages:

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Rashida Atthar

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Mar 11, 2011, 2:00:03 AM3/11/11

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Thanks a lot Tanay for this important information and link to the details. Such a large and interesting family had to have a pathogen!!

regards,

Rashida.

tanay bose

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Mar 11, 2011, 7:32:33 AM3/11/11

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Exactly there are several pathogens which are known to cause disease in Euphorbiaceae

tanay

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 11, 2011, 8:28:07 AM3/11/11

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Tanay how about Uromyces tuberculatus, it is reported from Euphorbia helioscopia. I remember the name of Uromyces associated with Euphorbia helioscopia when I was in Kashmir. This weed is abundant Kashmir University campus, and turns wholly yellow with yellow rust in autumn.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

tanay bose

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Mar 11, 2011, 9:18:09 AM3/11/11

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Possibility is there Sir Ji but I have only speculated the name without microscopic investigation