@article{icrisat108,
           title = {Inheritance of sterility mosaic disease resistance to Bangalore and Patancheru 
isolates in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) 

},
       publisher = {Indian Society of Plant Breeding},
            year = {2011},
          author = {B N Gnanesh and K N Ganapathy and B C Ajay and M Byregowda},
           pages = {218--223},
          volume = {2},
            note = {The Authors are thankful to Department of
Biotechnology (DBT), India, for financial support to
undertake this study. Thanks are also due to Dr
Rajeev K Varshney and Dr Varsha Wesley of the
ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India for
providing the SMD screening facilities for carrying
out research.
 
},
         journal = {Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding},
          number = {2},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/108/},
        abstract = {Sterility mosaic disease (SMD), is an important biotic constraint in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) in Indian
subcontinent. It is caused by a virus and transmitted by eriophyid mites, Aceria cajani Channabasavanna. A comprehensive study 
of variability in the sterility mosaic pathogen revealed the occurrence of five different isolates in India. Amongst them, three
distinct isolates have been characterised, viz., Bangalore, Patancheru and Coimbatore. Studies were conducted at Bangalore and
Patancheru to determine the inheritance of resistance to Bangalore and Patancheru isolates of the SMD involving a resistant (ICP
7035) and susceptible (TTB 7) genotypes. Observations in parents, F
indicated dominance of susceptibility over resistance. The
disease reaction of the individual F
2
 plant derived F
3
1 
 families for Patancheru isolate was controlled by two genes with dominance
epistasis and for  Bangalore isolate, absence of resistant plants indicate action of two or more genes in controlling resistance to
SMD. 
 
}
}