“…Species of Phyllosticta are well known in causing serious diseases like leaf spots, blights, stem and fruit cankers, and blotches of a number of plants including horticultural and cultivated crops (GUBA 1923, DESAI and PATEL 1961, RAO 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, ANANTHANARAYANAN 1964, GEJP 1965.…”