Plant viruses face many challenges in agricultural environments. Although crop fields
appear to be abundant resources for these pathogens, it may be difficult for viruses to …

A simple and rapid lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was developed by utilizing gold
nanoparticles conjugated to a polyclonal antibody against coat protein of large cardamom …

The virus-associated plant diseases have a history of more than 100 years in India. Viruses
have undoubtedly infected plants and caused diseases for centuries before they are …

Aphids are important group of vectors of plant viruses, where all three modes of transmission
viz. non-persistent, semi-persistent and persistent are observed. In India, exploration of …

Background To date, four thrips vectors have been reported to transmit five different
tospoviruses in India. Their identification at an early stage is crucial in formulating …

Thrips palmi is an important insect pest of vegetables and ornamental crops worldwide.
Besides direct damage caused by feeding, it transmits several tospoviruses in a persistent …

Cardamom bushy dwarf virus (CBDV) causes foorkey disease of large cardamom
(Ammomum subulatum Roxburgh) in the eastern sub-Himalayan mountains. Although the …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important staple crops in the world.
However, potato cultivation is constrained by several biotic factors, the most important of …

Large or black cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) belongs to family Zingibereaceae
and order Scitaminae is one of the important cash crops cultivated largely in the eastern …

Large Cardamom (Amomum subulatum rox.) is one of the large commercially cultivated
spice and medicinal cash crops of Nepal (Baniya et al., 2019; Ravindran & …