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Book of Abstracts <strong>First</strong> <strong>Legume</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> 2013: A <strong>Legume</strong> Odyssey Novi Sad, Serbia, 9-11 May 2013<br />

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Identification of resistance sources for mosaic virus disease in cowpea [Vigna<br />

unguiculata (L.) Walp]<br />

KP Viswanatha 1 , DS Ambika 2 , Poonam Singh 2 , HB Dinesh 2 , HC Lohithaswa 2<br />

1 University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India<br />

2 University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India<br />

Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] is one of the most important, multi season and<br />

multipurpose grain legume grown in the tropics and subtropics. This leguminous food crop is<br />

greatly affected by wide array of diseases of biological origin especially viruses which cause<br />

devastating effects and become real constraints to increase the yield of cowpea in several<br />

countries. The use of resistance gene provides an effective and economic solution for viral<br />

diseases. Thus, identification of resistance source for the disease is very important for<br />

development of resistant high yielding varieties. In the present investigation, 196 genotypes of<br />

cowpea were screened in the field condition at Zonal Agriculture Research Station, University of<br />

Agricultural Science, Bangalore to identify the resistant source for cowpea mosaic virus. The<br />

disease incidence of mosaic virus was scored after 4-5 weeks of sowing at weekly intervals.<br />

Twenty three genotypes showed highly resistance reaction. 45, 30, 20, 35 and 78 genotypes<br />

showed resistant, moderately resistant, moderately susceptible, susceptible and highly susceptible<br />

reaction respectively. Further 196 genotypes were screened in glass house condition by sap<br />

inoculation of cowpea mosaic virus. Only two genotypes viz., V 578-17 and HC 03 02 were<br />

highly resistant. 9, 12, 5, 12 and 156 genotypes showed resistant, moderately resistant, moderately<br />

susceptible, susceptible and highly susceptible reaction respectively. The identified resistant<br />

genotypes can be used as potential donors for the development of resistant varieties for Mosaic<br />

Virus disease in Cowpea.<br />

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