1,2,3,4Department of Plant Pathology and Agril. Botany, University of Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal, Bangalore-560 024
*Based on a paper presented at the National Seminar on disease resistance in crop plants held at T.U.A.U. Coimbatore, 22–23 December 1980.
Eighteen Phaseolus species were tested artificially for mungbean yellow mosaic, 12 species showed severe infection, one moderate infection, 2 showed mild infection and 2 species did not produce any symptoms. Grosses between P. calcaratus and cultivated mungbean varieties Jawahar-45 and PIMS-3 were successful resulting F1 hybrids.
