Bamboo
42 BANO BIGGY-‘N PATRIKA
i Revised version of the paper presented at the Third Annual Bangladesh Science
blight causing severe mortality, particularly of young
culms, in the village groves of Rajshahi district of Bangladesh is
reported. A brief history of the outbreak of the disease is noted,
A review of bamboo diseases is provided. Symptoms and observed
mode of infections are recorded. Four fungi have been isolated from
diseased bamboo samples. The pattern of isolation strongly suggests
that Conlothyrium fuckelil Sacc. is responsible for the blight.