Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Kendre AH, Gholve VM and Navale MD

Abstract:
Abelmoschus esculentus L. is commonly known as lady’s fingers, bhindi, okra or gumbo is a flowering plant belongs to family Malvaceae. To study host range of OELCuV Healthy seedlings of different plant species, representative of the families Fabaceae, Malvaceae, Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Caricaceae etc. were raised in a Screenhouse of Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, VNMKV, Parbhani and inoculated with viruliferous10 whiteflies/plant after a 24 hrs AAP on infected okra leaves. After a 24 hrs IAP, the inoculated plants were sprayed with imidacloprid to keep the plants vector free and observed for symptom development that among the ten hosts, only two hosts Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) were recorded as host of Okra Enation Leaf Curl Virus (OELCuV).