Sterility Mosaic Disease—the “Green Plague” of Pigeonpea: Advances in Understanding the Etiology, Transmission and Control of a Major Virus Disease

Jones, A T and Kumar, P L and Saxena, K B and Kulkarni, N K and Muniyappa, V and Waliyar, F (2004) Sterility Mosaic Disease—the “Green Plague” of Pigeonpea: Advances in Understanding the Etiology, Transmission and Control of a Major Virus Disease. Plant Disease, 88 (5). pp. 436-445. ISSN 0191-2917

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Abstract

This paper describes the pigeon pea sterility mosaic disease (SMD), provides an overview of the advances allowing the development of disease control strategies (including isolation, purification, and properties of the causal virus; diagnostics for the causal virus; determining the novelty in and relationships of the causal virus; transmission of the causal virus by the eriophyid mite vector; efficient screening methods for virus resistance; and variations in host plant resistance), discusses durable SMD resistance and disease management. Specific sections on the identification of broad-based SMD-resistant genotypes, mechanisms and inheritance of resistance to SMD, SMD epidemiology, and SMD management are presented, as well as future research prospects.

Item Type:	Article
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Subjects:	Mandate crops > Pigeonpea
Depositing User:	Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2011 12:58
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2011 06:21
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3049
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.5.436
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Funders:	Department for International Development-CPP, Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department
Acknowledgement:	This work was funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) under the Crop Protection Programme for the benefit of developing countries. Work at the Scot- tish Crop Research Institute is grant aided by the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) and was done under the conditions of a SEERAD license for studies on nonindigenous organisms. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a Future Harvest Center supported by the Consultative Group on International Agri- cultural Research (CGIAR). The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. We thank D. V. R. Reddy, Frances Kimmins, Jill Lenné, and Simon Edengreen (Natural Resource International, UK) for their encouragement and support.
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