Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata] is an important food and cash legume
crop in Asia. Development of short duration varieties has paved the way for the expansion of …

Virus and viroid diseases are serious constraints to the production and profitability of a wide
range of tropical crops. Many plant virus outbreaks have been recorded in the last two …

Urdbean leaf crinkle disease (ULCD) affects mainly the urdbean or blackgram (Vigna
mungo (L.) Hepper) causing distinct symptoms that often result in serious yield losses. It has …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus (CMV) is destructive pathogen with widest host range,
infecting more than 100 botanical families comprising more than 500 genera and 1300 plant …

Urdbean leaf crinkle virus (ULCV), an unclassified virus, seed-borne with narrow host range
and probably aphid-transmitted, is relatively a destructive and serious disease of urdbean …

Urdbean leaf crinkle virus (ULCV) is a common, wide spread, destructive and economically
important disease causing systemic infection in blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) …

Mungbean is an important summer food legume. It is grown globally on an area of about 7.3
million ha with 5.3 million tons output. But, its demand is increasing to cater the needs of …

Macrophomina phaseolina, a fungus that causes dry root rot, is a relatively new threat to
blackgram in South Asia. Because this pathogen is a polyphagic necrotroph, it remains …

Black gram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] is a highly nutritious grain legume crop, mainly grown
in South and Southeast Asia, with the largest area in India, where the crop is challenged by …