Soybean (Glycine max L.) is one of the most important crops in the world and serves as a principal dietary food and oil source. It is the major cash crop of central zone of India. Due to the occurrence of no-podding syndrome (NPS) or floral bud distortion (FBD), more than 80% yield losses was occurred. Average FBD incidence ranged from to in different parts of the states. The symptomatic plants produced distorted flowers and either no or deformed pods and remained green after maturity. Also infected plants showed thicker stem and shorter internodes as compared to the asymptomatic plants. | Symptomological studies and serodiagnosis of viruses associated with soybean floral bud distortion in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra India
