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SOME UREDINALES FROM NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN

MUHAMMAD ASIM SULTAN*, IKRAM-UL-HAQ,A.N. KHALID¹ AND RUKHSANA BAJWA²

Abstract: During a survey of rust flora of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, Melampsora chelidonii-pierotii, Phragmidium bulbosum, P. mysorense, Puccinia ambigua, P. arthraxonis-ciliaris, P. sonchii and P. pimpinellae have been found infecting different plant species. Out of these Melampsora chelidonii-pierotii and P. arthraxonis-ciliaris are addition to our rust flora. The aecial stages of P. pimpinellae, Phragmidium bulbosum and P. mysorense, uredinial stage of Puccinia ambigua and telial stage of P. sonchii are reported for the first time from Pakistan.
 

Department of Botany, G.C. University Lahore, Pakistan.

¹ Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
² Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Corresponding Author: asim418@yahoo.com