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VECTOR-VIRUS RELATIONSHIP OF BITTER GOURD MOSAIC VIRUS

Volume : 85
Issue: Jul-sep
Pages: 367 - 370
Published: July 02, 2023
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Abstract


The minimum acquisition feeding and inoculation feeding period of vector A. marvae were found to be 30s and 1 min respectively. But the percentage of transmission was maximum when an acquisition feeding period of 30 min inoculation feeding period of 2 h were given. Influence of starvation before acquisition and inoculation feeding period proved that pre-acquisition starvation for 2 h produced maximum infection but post-acquisition starvation decreased the percent infection. The vector could retain the virus for 1 h only. A single aphid could transmit the virus to healthy test plants, but maximum percentage of transmission was obtained with 10 aphids.

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367 - 370
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Acquisition threshold. Inoculation threshold pre- aquisition fasting post-acquisition fasting.
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