Abstract

                                The infection of bitter gourd plant at the early stage by bitter gourd mosaic virus resulted in significant reduction of number of leaves, leaf area, intermodal length, thickness of vines, length of vines, number of branches, number of flowers, number of fruits and other fruit characters viz, length. of fruits, girth of fruits, weight of fruits and total yield of fruits

Key words : Leaves, height of plant, branches, flowers, fruit, bittergourd mosaic virus