Hermaphroditic Isolates of Pyricularia Isolated from Ragi, Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn

Hermaphrodites were found in Pyricularia sp. from ragi, Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. There were two compatibility groups, A (isolate G 10-1 and P 5-1) and a (isolate Z 2-1, Z 5-1 and Z 7-1). Perithecia with white beaks were produced on the side of mating type A and perithecia with black beaks on the side of mating type a at the junction between compatible colonies when crossed on media. Respective isolates were considered to be hermaphrodites. Some isolates of mating type A (isolate F 1-8 and F 1-10) and of mating type a (isolate K 1-1 and K 9-1) behaved like males. Sexual cells have not yet been determined.