Surface ornamentation of ascospores inEupenicillium species
The ascospores of 21 species ofEupenicillium were examined for surface ornamentation by means of the scanning electron microscope. Two groups of species could be distinguished: one with, and another without distinct equatorial ridges. The former group was further subdivided into four types according to wall ornamentation: reticulate, ribbed, spinulose, and smooth.Surface ornamentation details may come to range among the most important features to distinguish species that are hardly discernible otherwise.
New species and combinations of cleistothecial Ascomycetes
The following new species and combinations are proposed: Albertiniella polyporicola (Jaczevski) comb. nov., Emericella aurantiobrunnea (Atkins, Hindson and Russell) comb, nov., E. fruticulosa (Raper and Fennell) comb. nov., E. heterothallica (Kwon, Raper and Fennell) comb. nov., E. parvithecia (Raper and Fennell) comb. nov., E. striata (Rai, Tewari and Mukerji) comb. nov., E. unguis sp. nov., E. violacea (Fennell and Raper) comb. nov., Eupenicillium molle sp. nov., Eurotium carnoyi sp. nov., E. cristatum (Raper and Fennell) comb. nov., E. chevalieri var. intermedium (Thom and Raper) comb. nov., E. montevidense (Talice and MacKinnon) comb. nov., E. niveo-glaucum (Thom and Raper) comb. nov., E. pseudoglaucum (Blochwitz) comb. nov., E. umbrosum (Bainier and Sartory) comb. nov., Microthecium inordinatum sp. nov., Petriellidium angustum sp. nov., Phaeotrichum benjaminii sp. nov., P. cylindrosporum sp. nov., Preussia cylindrica sp. nov., Preussia indica var. oryzetorum (Montemartini) comb. nov., Roumegueriella ...
Influence of Diluted Spent Wash of Sugar Industries Application on Yield of and Nutrient Uptake by Sugarcane and Changes in Soil Properties
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of irrigation with tube well water (S0) as well as with spent wash diluted for 25 (S25), 50 (S5O) and 100 (S100) times on yield of and nutrient uptake by sugarcane grown on Typic Chromustert. The results revealed that application of spent wash diluted at any level increased the sugarcane yield and nutrient uptake significantly over S0. Less diluted spent wash gave higher yield of biomass than the concentrated one. Though, there was tendency for slight increase in the soil salinity due to use of spent wash, yet the nutrient availability of P, K and S increased considerably. Further, there was indication of betterment in some physical conditions of soil.