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Survey and indexing of citrus yellow mosaic virus infecting citrus species in rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh | Abstract
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Survey and indexing of citrus yellow mosaic virus infecting citrus species in rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh

Author(s): Susmila Aparna Gaddam, Venkata Subbaiah Kotakadi, M. N. Reddy, D. V. R.Saigopal

Mosaic disease of citrus has been reported from India and Japan. In India, citrus mosaic disease occurring both on fruits as well as leaves on sathgudi sweet orange in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. Earlier several workers also reported that the incidence of the citrus mosaic virus disease ranged from 10-17% in different sweet orange orchards. In the present survey the incidence of citrus mosaic in Anantapur district was 14.1% (sweet orange) and 3.2% (acid lime); in Kadapa district it was 17.05% (sweet orange) and 3.15% (acid lime); and in Chittoor district it was 9.8% (sweet orange) and 10.8% (acid lime) respectively.