A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
Pestalotia sp., a fungal pathogen causing leaf blight disease of pony al ( Calophylum enophylum Linn.), was isolated. The finding was confirmed by the artificial inoculation of healthy leaves ofpanyai plants with the isolated pathogen. Besides, the average quantitative incidence and infection index of the disease on naturally infected plants during 1976-1978 were estimated.