In-Field Screening of Okra Hybrids for Yellow Vein Mosaic Virus (YVMV) Tolerance

ABSTRACT Current experiment was undertaken to screen out twenty-five okra hybrid for yellow vein mosaic virus (YVMV) disease. Okra is one of the most important malvaceous vegetable grown across the sub-tropical, tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world for it tender pods. YVMV is basically transmitted through whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) which cause about 70-100% of loss of marketable yield. The results revealed that out of twenty-five okra hybrids seven hybrids i.e., A5, A8, A9, A10, A13, A14 and C9 were resistant to YVMV. The obtained resistant hybrids can be screened under closed condition in order to apply conservative viral pressure