Field resistance in mungbean and urdbean genotypes against yellow mosaic disease

Mungbean and Urdbean genotypes consisting of 54 and 43 lines respectively were evaluated against yellow mosaic disease (YMD) under natural field conditions in year 2007 and 2008. YMD occurred over a wide range of climatic conditions in summer and kharif. Inspite of high disease pressure, 11 genotypes of mungbean and 16 of urdbean were found resistant to YMD. The promising genotypes having YMD resistance in mung and urdbean may be utilized for breeding programme to develop high yielding varieties coupled with disease resistance.