Plant viruses are the most destructive pathogens which cause devastating losses to crops
due to their diversity in the genome, rapid evolution, mutation or recombination in the …

Field surveys were conducted during 2012–14 to document the occurrence and distribution
of viruses infecting cucurbits in all the seven agroclimatic zones of Tamil Nadu state, south …

Chilli is known to be affected by forty five viruses. Twenty four of them have been reported to
occur naturally and rest can infect on artificial inoculation. Among the twenty four viruses …

Weeds plants serve as a reservoir of begomoviruses Begomovirus and play a vital role in
the diversity of single stranded DNA viruses. Wild melon (Cucumis melo) plants showing leaf …

Muskmelon and cucumber are important vegetables grown in different parts of India. Leaf
curl and mosaic diseases caused by begomovirus are economically important on these …

Mosaic disease of sponge gourd caused by begomovirus becomes a major constraint for its
cultivation by farmers with limited resources in India. From field collected symptomatic leaf …

A begomovirus isolate collected from bitter gourd plants showing yellowing, puckering and
stunting symptoms from Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India was characterized. The full …

Cucurbits are an essential summer-season vegetable crops, but they are highly vulnerable
from a range of abiotic and biotic factors. One of the significant biotic factors posing a …

Ridge gourd is an important vegetable crop and is affected by several biotic and abiotic
factors. Among the different biotic factors, ridge gourd yellow mosaic disease (RgYMD) is …

Cucumber is one of the most popular vegetables grown in tropical and subtropical regions of
India. Survey revealed that the incidence of viral diseases on cucumber ranged from 45 to …