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Agriculture · Q732

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 732

Q732

Yellow leaf mosaic of bhindi crop spreads

A.
Jassids
B.
Borers
C.
Jassid and borers
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Yellow leaf mosaic of bhindi crop spreads Jassid and borers.
This disease is caused by a complex consisting of the monopartite begomovirus Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus and a small satellite DNA beta component.
BYVMV can systemically infect bhendi upon agroinoculation but produces only mild leaf curling in this host.
Comparative transmission of Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus by two cryptic species of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci.