**1.4 Gurmar (***G. sylvestre* **(Retz.) Schult.)**

Powdery mildew and leaf spot caused by *Colletotrichum* sp. [16] and *Pseudomonas syringae* [17] are the major diseases so far reported in *G. sylvestre*. Leaf

**Figure 4.** *Leaf spot symptoms in* Gymnema sylvestre *(A) caused by* Colletotrichum gleosporoides *(B).*

spot symptoms due to the pathogen *C. gloeosporioides* occur during January in Bangalore (**Figure 4**).
