Contents: Preface. Professor G.S. Rawla - biographic sketch/I.B. Prasher. 1. Geoglossum Pers. Geoglossaceae, Leotiales in Eastern Himalayas/I.B. Prasher and Raghunandan Sharma. 2. Development of ascocarp and cytology of ascus in Phaeographina Halei Patw. & Kulk./P.G. Patwardhan and Urmila Makhija. 3. Microfungi inhabiting Himalayan pteridophytes/M.P. Sharma. 4. Management of va-mycorrhizae in agroecosystem/Sudhiar Chandra and Harbans Kaur Kehri. 5. Growth responses of mint plants infected by vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal (vam) fungus/Vineeta and O.S. Singh. 6. Potential of indigenous Colletotrichum species for the management of weeds in India/A.K. Pande, R.C. Rajak and S.K. Hasija. 7. Status of zoosporic fungi with special reference to India/A.K. Sarbhoy. 8. Present status of Karnal bunt of wheat/S.S. Chahal and P.P.S. Pannu. 9. Breeding for rust resistance in wheat/K.S. Gill. 10. Management of white rust and downy mildew in rapeseed and mustard/B.S. Lakra. 11. Phytophthora nicotianae var. Parastica the incitant of guava fruit rot-pathology, biology and control/R.S. Mehrotra, G.P. Gupta and J. Kumar. 12. Epidemiological investigations on downy mildew of cucurbits/P.P. Singh and Rajinder Singh. 13. Progress of research on ergot of pearl millet/H.S. Randhawa, S.S. Chahal and H.S. Prakash. 14. Management of Alternaria Blight of crucifers/G.S. Saharan. 15. Red rot of sugarcane - present status/Satyavir, Anil Kumar and K.S. Virk. 16. Progress of research and strategies for management of pearl millet smut/D.P. Thakur and A.S. Rathi. 17. Advances in the chemical control of potato late blight/T.S. Thind and Chander Mohan. 18. Author index.