Agricultural crops :: Pulses :: Greengram
Yellow mosaic -Mungbean yellow mosaic virus
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Initially mild scattered yellow spots appear on young leaves. Spots gradually increase in size and ultimately some leaves turn completely yellow.
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Infected leaves also show necrotic symptoms.
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Diseased plants are stunted, mature late and produce very few flowers and pods.
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Pods of infected plants are reduced in size and turn yellow in colour.
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The disease is transmitted by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci.
Management
- Seed treatment with Dimethoate (or) Imidacloprid @ 5 ml /kg
- Growing sorghum as border crop
- Installation of yellow sticky traps 12 nos/ha
- Rogue out the infected plants up to 45 days
- Foliar spray of notchi leaf extract 10% at 30 DAS or neem formulation 3 ml/lit.
- Spray methyl demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha or Dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml/ha or Thiamethoxam 75 WS 1g/3 lit and repeat after 15 days, if necessary.
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