Contents: Preface. I. Aquatic microbes: 1. Seasonal occurrence and movements of fungi in streams/F. Barlocher. 2. Zoosporic fungi in the neotropics/A.I. Milanez. 3. Aquatic fungi and their activity in Kumaun Himalaya : a review/R.D. Khulbe. 4. Effect of light and some chemicals on the growth and development of Calothrix marchica/A.S. Ahluwalia and R. Mann.

II. Soil & seed mycroflora: 1. On some aspects of microbial activity in soil/R.C. Dubey, L. Pandey and R. Gaur. 2. Distribution and seasonal periodicity of Saprolegniaceae and Pythium in certain crop fields of Tarai region of Nainital, India/B.L. Verma and R.D. Khulbe. 3. Seed-borne fungal mycoflora of agricultural crops of Himalayan region of Nepal/K. Shrestha and R.D. Timila. 4. Seed Mycoflora of certain Cucurbitaceous vegetables in Haldwani area of Kumaun, Himalaya/R.D. Khulbe, A. Durgapal & C.S. Joshi. 5. Studies of Mycoflora associated with seeds of chilli and tomato crops in Ramnagar area of Kumaun Himalaya/R.D. Khulbe and Chandra Joshi. 6. Fungal deterioration of storage seeds of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, B. oleracea var. capitata and Raphanus sativus in Kumaun Himalaya/R.D. Khulbe and P. Harbola. 7. Pythium spinosum Sawada and P. aphanidermatum (Edron) Fitz, as parasitic to tomato seedlings/R.S. Negi and R.D. Khulbe. 8. Mycoflora associated with the seeds of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in storage and field conditions of Garampani area/R.D. Khulbe, D.C. Sati, M.C. Sati and A.P. Dhyani. 9. Role of saprophytic mycoflora in deterioration of Lahi seeds under storage and field conditions of Kumaun Hills/A.P. Dhyani, M.C. Sati and R.D. Khulbe. 10. Study of disease symptoms in relation to taxonomy of the causal organisms/R.D. Khulbe, M.C. Sati and A.P. Dhyani.

III. Leaf, fruit & bee mycoflora: 1. Fungal diseases of some important crop plants grown in Garhwal Himalaya/G.S. Bisht and S.L. Srivastava. 2. Ecology of leaf surface fungi on Setaria italica (Linn.) Beauv, in Kumaun Himalaya/M.L. Upadhyay and R.C. Gupta. 3. Studies on control measures of late blight of potato in the nomadic areas of Garhwal Himalaya/S.L. Srivastava and G.S. Bisht. 4. Survey of leaf spot diseases of Pithoragarh Hills : a brief note/R.S. Adhikari. 5. Virus and mycoplasma diseases of fruit trees in Garhwal Himalaya/B.D. Suteri. 6. Some important fungal diseases of fruit plants in Himalayan region/V.B. Jain and S.D. Lal. 7. Post harvest diseases of fruits and their control/P.K. Nagar. 8. Important diseases of ornamental plants in Kumaun Hills of U.P. with their control measures/S.D. Lal and K.C. Tripathi. 9. Diseases of conifers in the Himalayas and their control/R.C. Sharma. 10. The tree Mycorrhiza/T.N. Lakhanpal. 11. Mycorrhizal association with particular reference to tea/M. Sharma and Rashmi. 12. Some important diseases of Indian bee (Apis cerana indica Feb.) in Himalayan region/N.K. Joshi.

IV. Lichens, higher & edible fungi: 1. High altitude lichens from western Himalaya : a survey/M.P. Sharma and R. Tayal. 2. Some saxicolous lichens of Nainital, Kumaun Himalaya-I/S.C. Sati, P. Tewari and P. Joshi. 3. Some corticolous lichens of Ninital, Kumaun Himalaya-II/S.C. Sati, P. Joshi and P. Tewari. 4. Lichens from Sat Tal (Nainital) of Kumaun Himalaya, India/S.C. Sati and S. Usman. 5. An appraisal of the Himalayan inoperculates/M.P. Sharma. 6. Xylaria Hill : Schrank from eastern Himalaya/A.M. Narula and G.S. Rawla. 7. Morchella--the most interesting fungus among all the edible fungi/Yash Gupta. 8. Physiological studies on Agrocybe species/S.P. Abraham, L.N. Nair and T.N. Kaul. 9. Studies on Clavariaceae of Pithoragarh Hills/R.S. Adhikari. 10. Composting in Agaricus bisporus/Yash Gupta.

V. Myco-biotechnology: 1. Production of pathogen free plants using tissue culture techniques/A. Sood and L.M.S. Palni. 2. Breeding approaches to production of disease resistant plants/S. Dwivedi, S. Singh and T.R. Sharma. 3. In vitro selection of cell lines for disease resistance/D.V. Rao and L.M.S. Palni. 4. Mycotoxin in food stuffs : an overview/Neeta Pande and Jyoti Saxena. 5. Fungal toxins, as immunomodulating agents/Uma Tiwari Palni. 6. Crown gall disease : a case of genetic engineering in nature/S.K. Nandi and L.M.S. Palni. Subject index. Authors index.

From the preface: "A wide spectrum of climate, soil condition and human behaviour in the Himalaya encourages various kinds of microbes and their multifarious activity.

"A little and scattered information is available about the microbes of the Himalaya. In this book, an attempt has been made to compile various research and review papers on the Himalayan microbes and their activities. Each paper is written with the minimum editorial change to reflect the individuality of the author(s). The book highlights various kinds of microbes associated with water, soil, roots, leaves, fruits, seeds, bees in the Himalaya, and their importance in modern civilization."

[R.D. Khulbe is on the faculty of the Department of Botany, Kumaun University.]

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