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Chilli (Capsicum annuum L./ C. furtescens L.) is economically important and considered as cash crop of Pakistan. Sindh province is the major chilli producing province of Pakistan and its share in the total domestic production is about 82-85%, particularly lower region including Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Mirpurkhas, Kot Ghulam Muhammad, Digri, Umerkot, Kunri, Samaro and surrounding areas of these regions produced the chilli fruit in high quantity. It is observed that continuous decline in the production of chillies is going on rapidly every year. The reasons of this reduction and cause various diseases depend upon various factors and the major threats in chilli production are pathogenic fungi which are responsible for losses every year. A total number of fourteen different fungi including Alternaria alternata, A. solani, Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Botrytis cinerea, Cercospora capsici, Colletotirchum capsici, Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, Leveillula taurica, Macrophomina phaseolina, Phytophthora capsici, Pythium sp. and Rhizoctonia solani were isolated from the affected samples of chilli plants collected from different areas of Sindh.
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.Muhammad Abid is an innovator who is currently working as a senior product manager in the Services and Routing Group at Cisco. He is engaged in developing the next generation of platforms and innovative technologies that will support data center interconnect and software defined network (SDN) frameworks and play a key role in enabling cloud-based services and applications. Prior to this, he was focused on architecting solutions and driving technology roadmaps across multiple business units for unified communications, collaboration, and threat defense. Before joining Cisco, Muhammad held several positions, including at T-Systems, Padcom, Telcordia, and Latham & Watkins. Over the past 18 years, he has been involved in building innovative products and designing and architecting networks for service providers and enterprises. He has also validated mobility solutions for enterprises and performed technical audits on service provider equipment and networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York and an Executive Master in Technology Management degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey
