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Pigeonpea Sterility Mosaic Virus: a threatening virus of pigeonpea, current scenario and its control

Indian Phytopathology volume 74, pages 885–891 (2021)Cite this article

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Sterility mosaic disease (SMD) aptly known as ‘green plague’ in pigeonpea production, is an evolving disease in India. Pigeonpea Sterility Mosaic Virus (PPSMV) causing SMD belonging to the newly established genus Emaravirus, containing multipartite and negatively oriented single-stranded RNA genomes. The PPSMV has two strains namely, PPSMV1 and PPSMV 2 found in Southern India. Annually, SMD is causing an estimated yield loss of US $300 million and above in India. The review encompasses various concepts of SMD viz., detection, characterization of the causal agent, epidemiology and management strategies including virus free seed material, cultural management, host plant resistance, and control of insect vector.

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Authors are grateful to Dr. N. P. Singh, The Director, ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur for constant encouragement and support to write this manuscript.

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  1. Crop Protection Division, Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, UP, 24, India

    Lakshamaiah Manjunatha

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, 65, India

    Honnaghatta Krishnappa Ramappa

  3. Department of Plant Pathology, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, 03, India

    Anita Puyam

  4. Division Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi, 12, India

    Nagappa Srinivasa

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Manjunatha, L., Ramappa, H.K., Puyam, A. et al. Pigeonpea Sterility Mosaic Virus: a threatening virus of pigeonpea, current scenario and its control. Indian Phytopathology 74, 885–891 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-021-00397-1

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