Shambhu Kumar

Employment

• Kerala Forest Research Institute Senior Principal Scientist & Head
  2025 - Present
• Kerala Forest Research Institute Principal Scientist & Head
  2020 - 2025
• Kerala Forest Research Institute Senior Scientist
  2016 - 2020

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (56)

• First report of Colletotrichum siamense causing leaf spot disease on white Palas climber (Spatholobus parviflorus) in India
  Australasian Plant Pathology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s13313-026-01167-1
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• Hyalokamalomyces: a novel Septoria-like genus in Mycosphaerellaceae based on polyphasic evidences
  Mycological Progress 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11557-026-02157-9
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• First Report of Alternaria jacinthicola Causing Leaf Blight on Macaranga peltata From India
  Forest Pathology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/efp.70085
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• Morpho-molecular and phytopathological investigations reveal Lasiodiplodia theobromae as the causal agent of leaf spot and blight diseases on Tetrastigma hookeri – A new host record from India
  Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2026.103178
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• Colletotrichum gigasporum as a causal agent of anthracnose diseases in Anamirta cocculus – a new host record from India
  Australasian Plant Pathology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s13313-026-01122-0
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• Morpho-molecular investigation reveals first report of Corynespora cassiicola causing red leaf spots on Trema orientale from India
  Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 2026 DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2025.2589867
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• First report of Corynespora cassiicola causing shot-hole diseases in Mesosphaerum suaveolens in India based on polyphasic evidence
  Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2026.103112
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• First Report of Colletotrichum siamense (Ascomycota, Glomerellaceae) Causing Severe Leaf Spots and Blights Disease on Annona reticulata in Kerala, India, Investigated Through Phenetic and Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis
  Current Microbiology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-026-05014-w
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• First report of Penicilliopsis clavariiformis causing seed rot in Diospyros crumenata based on morphological, pathological and molecular assessment
  Crop Protection 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2025.107120
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• Mycosphere Notes 521–571: A special edition of fungal biodiversity to celebrate Kevin D. Hyde's 70th birthday and his exceptional contributions to Mycology
  mycosphere 2025 DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/16/2/1
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