Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-3.
In the absence of effective chemical control measures for whitefly transmitted virus diseases like yellow vein mosaic of bhendi, attempts have been made to isolate a source of resistance within the cultivars. A total of 181 cultivars were screened and all of them proved susceptible to the disease both under controlled and field conditions. The delayed symptoms exhibited by five accessions was found to be non-heritable and their hybrids were susceptible recording the reaction grade of 3.0. The search for newer source of resistance to yellow vein mosaic of bhendi should be made only in wild relatives of bhendi.
