1Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupathi-517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India
Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore-560 089, India
2Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultral University, Guntur-522 209, Andhra Pradesh, India
3Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore-560089, Karnataka, India
4Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Station, Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
5Department of Entomology, IFT, RARS, Tirupathi-517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India
6Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, IFT, RARS, Tirupathi-517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India
TSV isolates (GNAP7. SFAP17 and CUKA13) maintained on cowpea were cross inoculated on five popularly grown varieties and hybrids of groundnut (JL-24, K-6, Prasuna, K-9, Kadiri harithandra), sunflower (KBSH-44, DRSH-1, NDSH1012, Mordent, Sunbred-275) and cucumber (Long green, Poorna, Ageti, Sheetal, Uday). Incubation period required for the initiation of local and systemic symptoms varied among different hosts and cultivars. Local symptoms of veinal necrosis, leaf yellowing and wilting, petiole necrosis, chlorotic spot, tip necrosis and systemic symptoms of mosaic, wilting, necrotic streaks on stem, bud necrosis, axillary shoot proliferation were observed in different hosts and Culivars. Out of 23 plant species tested against TSV by sap inoculation, 15 plant species were susceptible to TSV, which includes
Biological characterization, Groundnut, Host range, Symptoms, TSV
