1National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
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Online published on 21 December, 2015.
Thirty tomato entries consisting of 23 Solanum lycopersicum, four S. pimpinellifolium, two S. lycopersicum var. cerasiforme and one S. peruvianum along with susceptible check Arka Vikas (S. lycopersicum) were screened for resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) under artificial inoculation condition. The test entries were grouped in to five distinct categories based on Disease severity index (DSI). Three entries viz., EC251790, EC620389 and EC625642 showed highly resistant reaction, while four entries viz., EC514006, EC615014, EC654284 and EC631430 exhibited resistant reaction.
Screening, genotypes, cultivars, tomato, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), resistance
