Badnaviruses (Family: Caulimoviridae; Genus: Badnavirus) are non-enveloped bacilliform
DNA viruses with a monopartite genome containing about 7.2 to 9.2 kb of dsDNA with three …

Black pepper and cardamom are the important spice crops grown in India and other
countries. Viruses are one of the major yield limiting factors in both these spice crops. Viral …

Masking of symptoms in winter and their re-appearance in black pepper (Piper nigrum L.)
infected with piper yellow mottle virus (PYMoV) in summer is common, especially on new …

Some badnaviruses are known to occur as endogenous viruses integrated into their host
genome. In the present study, Piper yellow mottle virus (PYMoV), a badnavirus infecting …

The study entitled “Evaluation of Piriformospora indica against Piper yellow mottle virus
(PYMoV) in black pepper” was conducted in Department of Plant Pathology, College of …

Among the spice crops cultivated in India, black pepper (Piper nigrum) and cardamom
(Elettaria cardamomum) can be considered as important ones. Though black pepper and …

Study on viruses infecting black pepper indicated that infection of Cucumber mosaic virus
(CMV) and Piper yellow mottle virus (PYMoV) either alone or as mixed infections was …

Plant pathologists the world over are racing with plant pathogens to deploy resistance genes
but pathogens continue to cause about 15% crops loss. Hence protecting crops from …

Virus infections are a major constraint for black pepper cultivation (Piper nigrum L.), a
vegetatively propagated crop; therefore, the in vitro selection of virus-free plants is an …

I, hereby declare that this thesis entitled “Varietal screening of black pepper to Cucumber
mosaic virus and Piper yellow mottle virus and their sero-molecular detection” is a bonafide …