Virus and viroid diseases are serious constraints to the production and profitability of a wide
range of tropical crops. Many plant virus outbreaks have been recorded in the last two …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

Diseases of Edible Oilseed Crops presents an unprecedentedly thorough collection of
information on the diseases of cultivated annual oilseed crops, including peanut, rapeseed …

International trade and exchange of germplasm play an important role in the long-distance
dissemination of destructive pests including viruses/strains, which may pose potential risk to …

International exchange of plant genetic resources (PGR) and trade play an important role in
the long-distance dissemination of destructive viruses/strains. The ICAR-NBPGR has been …

The global movement of agri-horti products has the potential of introducing new insect pests
and pathogens which may cause potential risk to the agriculture of the importing country …

International trade of agri-horticultural commodities and exchange of germplasm plays an
important role in the long-distance dissemination of insect pests and pathogens, which may …

The basic principles in the management of seed-transmitted viruses are generally more or
less similar regardless of type of virus involved. There are five approaches, namely,(1) …

Adolf Eduard Mayer in 1880s for the first time thought that mosaic symptom in tobacco
termed by the Dutch growers as “bunt”,“rust” or “smut” is distinct and therefore, to prevent …

The liberalized trade of agricultural commodities under World Trade Organisation has
necessitated the strengthening of agricultural biosecurity and aligning the national efforts to …