Despite the importance of okra, as one of the important vegetable crop, very little attention
has been paid to its genetic improvement using advanced biotechnological tools. The …

Microorganisms in the rhizosphere mediate the cycling of nutrients, their enhanced
mobilisation and facilitate their uptake, leading to increased root growth, biomass and yield …

The begomoviruses (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) constitute the largest group
of plant viruses causing devastating crop diseases in India. About 16% geminiviruses …

Post-transcriptional and transcriptional gene silencing represents critical innate antiviral
defense mechanisms in plants. Viruses encode clusters of viral silencing suppressors to …

Bemisia tabaci species complex contains more than 46 cryptic species. It has emerged as
an important pest causing significant yield loss in many cultivated crops. This pest is also a …

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 …

The leaf sample from okra plants showing prominent yellow vein mosaic symptoms and
healthy plant without any virus symptoms were collected from farmer's field. The presence of …

Okra yellow vein mosaic (OYVMD) and enation leaf curl diseases (OELCuD) caused by
whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) transmitted begomoviruses are important constraint for …

The whitefly, B. tabaci is a major pest of agricultural crops which transmits begomovirus in a
species-specific manner. Yellow vein mosaic disease (YVMD) and okra leaf curl disease …

Abstract In India, Bhendi yellow vein mosaic disease (BYVMD) is one of the most
economically important diseases of bhendi/okra and is caused by a complex of monopartite …