Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Sneha Choudhary, Ranbir Singh, Sonali Bhagat, Tabasia Amin, SK Singh, Sachin Gupta and Amrish Vaid

Abstract:
CGMMV, a member of Tobamovirus, family Virgaviridae is a predominant virus infecting bottle gourd and is known to cause serious losses worldwide. Many germplasm accessions showing resistance to CGMMV have been reported in Cucumis species like C. sativus, C. melo, C. anguria etc. However, at present, not much information is available regarding CGMMV resistance in bottle gourd. Therefore, in this study, sixty-six genotypes of bottle gourd were evaluated for resistance. Only one variety (Warad) was found resistant, while six were moderately resistant, twenty-nine were moderately susceptible, twenty-six susceptible and only four were highly susceptible. The presence of CGMMV in infected plants were confirmed using coat protein specific primers.