First report of Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex as the causal agent of pod rot of black gram (Vigna mungo L.) in India.

Black gram (Vigna mungo L.) is important pulse crop and is the third-most cultivated pulse in India (Swaminathan et al. 2023).

First report of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum siamense in north-east India.

Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) has been commonly cultivated as a spice crop in northeast India. In August 2021, anthracnose leaf spot was observed on black pepper vines with 50 to 60% of disease incidence in Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (26.