Survey and distribution of viruses infecting chilli in Northern Telangana zone of Andhra Pradesh Jagdeeshwar R.1, Babu R. Ravindra1, Rao R.D.V. Prasada2, Reddy D. Raja Ram1 1Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030 2National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030 Online published on 5 December, 2011. Abstract Surveys conducted during Kharif 2000–2003 seasons in commercial chilli growing areas of Northern Telangana zone of Andhra Pradesh showed an average incidence of chilli mosaic equal to 18.47 per cent. Among five groups of mosaic viruses distributed in different disticts of Northern Telangana zone of Andhra Pradesh, cucumber mosaic virus (CMV, 1.34%) was found to be maximum in its distribution followed by peanut bud necrosis virus (PBNV, 6.42%), potato virus Y (PVY, 5.26%) and tobaco mosaic virus (TMV, 4.93%). Top Keywords Survey, chilli, mosaic, viruses. Top |