The journey of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), well known as Pusa Institute, began in 1905 at Pusa (Bihar) with the generous grant of 30,000 pounds from an American philanthropist, Mr. Henry Phipps.

Currently, the Institute has almost 20 divisions five multi-disciplinary Centres situated in Delhi, eight regional stations, two off-season nurseries, three All India coordinated research projects with headquarters at IARI and ten national Centres functioning under the all India coordinated research projects.

LIST OF FUNGAL CULTURES

ABSIDIA BLAKESLEEANA Lendner
1284 Pilani, Gundu Rao 1966

ABSIDIA CALIFORNICA Ellis & Hesseltine
3366 Compost, Renu Sharma 1985
3367 Soil, Renu Sharm 1985

ABSIDIA COERULEA Bainier
394 Allahabad, Shri Ranjan 1944
601 NRRL, 1310 1946
617 NRRL, 1314 1946
847 (-) Enrique Schiel, IMA, M-37-3m-848 1951
848 (+) Enrique Schiel, IMA, M-37-3m-847 1951
2948 Turkey, Ismet Hasenkogulu 1980

ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA (Cohn.) Sacco & Trotter
1272 IMI 1966
1549 Soil, Allahabad, A.K. Sarbhoy 1970
1619 Dung, New Delhi, R. Iyer 1973
3480 Glycine max seed, Vishwadhar 1985
3621 Tannery effluents, Agra, R.M. Saxsena 1988
4368 Soil, Jammu, G. Sumbali 1993
5537 Raipur, G. Gupta 2004

ABSIDIA CYLINDROSPORA Hagem
396 Allahabad, Shri Ranjan 1944
2957 Turkey, Ismet Hasenkogulu 1980

ABSIDIA CYLINDROSPORA var. NIGRA Hesseltine & Ellis
3368 Compost, New Delhi, Renu Sharma 1985
3369 Compost, New Delhi, Renu Sharma 1985

ABSIDIA GLAUCA Hagem
42 (-) B.B. Mundkur 1937
43 (+) B.B. Mundkur 1937
80 (+) K.M. Thomas (ICST) 1937
81 (-) K.M. Thomas (ICST) 1937
1753 (+) CBS (100.40), Netherlands 1973
1754 (-) CBS (100.40), Netherlands 1973

ABSIDIA PSEUDOCYLINDROSPORA Hesseltine & Ellis
3365 Compost, New Delhi, Renu Sharma 1985
ABSIDIA RAMOSA (Lindt.) Lendner

ABSIDIA SPINOSA Lendner
395* Allahabad, Sri Ranjan 1944
842 Enrique Schiel, lAM 1951
1290 Pilani, Gundu Rao 1966
ACHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM Rai, Tewari & Mukerji
1382* Triptengium leaf, Delhi University, G. Sorghil 1969
2462* Hyderabad, V. Ravindra Nath 1977
5482* Air, Uttaranchal, S.Kumar 2003

ACHAETOMIUM STRUMARIUM Rai, Tewari & Mukerji
1755* Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus roots, New Delhi, P.N.
Chowdhry
1976

ACREMONlELA sp.
5324 Rose plant, Bangalore, Ramchandran 2002

ACREMONIUM BYSSOIDES Gams
5261* Apple leaves, Nauni 2001

ACREMONIUM MINUTISPORUM (Sukapure & Thirum.) W. Gams
1164* Soil, Sewri, M.J.Thirumalachar, (HACC 108) 1962

ACREMONIUM PERSICINUM (Nicot) W. Gams
2463 Hyderabad, V. Ravindra Nath 1977
4872* Soil, Hissar, Raman 1999
4926* Soil, Barrackpore, N.C. Pandit 2000
4965* Soil, Barrackpore, N.C. Pandit 2000
5329* Insect, Katrain 2001

ACREMONIUM RECIFEI (Leao & Lobo) W. Gams
3520 Hyperparasite on Oavea tectoniae 1986

ACREMONIUM ROSEOGRISEUM (S. B.Saksena) W. Gams
2177* Soil, Assam, C.P. Agarwal 1978
6406 R. Singh 2008
6676 Mango surface, Ludhiana, S.N. Jha 2010

ACREMONIUM STRICTUM W. Gams
1408 Zea mays rhizosphere, New Delhi, D.D. Kulshreshtha 1970
1877 Keratin, Saugar, S.C. Agarwal 1974

ACREMONIUM TERRICOLA (Miller, Giddens & Foster) W. Gams
2423 Hyderabad, V. Ravindra Nath 1977
2424 Hyderabad, V. Ravindra Nath 1977
3895 New Delhi, P.N. Chowdhry 1988

ACREMONIUM ZEYLANICUM (Petch) W. Gams & H.C. Evans
3027* Aphis brassicae, P.N. Chowdhry 1981
5493 Aceria, Trichur, S.P.Beevi 2004

ACREMONIUM sp.
3489 New Delhi, J.L. Varshney 1986
5318 Aswagandha, RAU, R. B.Gaur 2002
6664 Potato rhizosphere, Coimbatore, M.Sivakumar 2010
6776 Disease paddy, Imphal, G.S. Laimajun 2011

ACROPHIALOPHORA FUSISPORA (Saksena) Samson
930 Soil, Saugar, S.B. Saksena 1953
1914 Saugar, S.B. Saksena 1974
2159 Soil, Meghalaya, C.P. Agarwal 1976

Culture Collection Centers in India

No.
Culture Collection Center

1
Anaerobic Bacterial Resource CenterDepartment of Plant Sciences,
University of Hyderabad, Andhra PradeshTel: (91) 40-23134502E-mail: chvrsl@uohyd.ernet.in r449@sify.com

2
Biological Nitrogen Fixation Project Colege of Agriculture Correspondent:
Prof. P. L. Patil Pune 411005, Maharashtra, India
3
Culture Collection, Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute
Prof. A. K. Mishra93/1 Acharya Prafulla Chandra,Calcutta,West Bengal,700009, India

4
Culture Collection, Microbiology and Cell Biology Laboratory Institution Indian Institute of Science Correspondent:
Prof. G. Ramananda RaoAddress: Bangalore,Karnatka,560012 India


5
Food and Fermentation Technology Division, University of MumbaiInstitution
Dept. of Chemical Technology Correspondent
Assoc.Prof. P. R. KulkarniAddress:
Nathalal Parekh Marg,Mumbai, Maharashtra,400 019, India
Tel: (91) 22-4145616
Fax: (91) 22-4145614
E-mail: prk@fft.udct.ernet.in