HARVINDER KUMAR SINGH1 and SANJEEV KUMAR2 1Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, INDIA 2Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. -221005, INDIA
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Host: Vigna radiata (mung bean) Disease name: Mung bean yellow mosaicPathogen name: Mung bean yellow mosaic virus (Genus: Begomovirus, Family: Geminiviridae)
Mung bean yellow mosaic, distributed mainly in South Asia, is responsible for huge losses in mung bean and black gram. The disease starts as small yellow specks along the veinlets and in severe form covers the entire lamina. Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) transmits this geminivirus in the persistent (circulative) manner. The host range is confined mostly to members of the Leguminosae family.
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