During survey, tomato leaf samples showing leaf curl symptoms were collected from different tomato fields of Dharwad, Haveri and Kolar districts. Total nucleic acid extraction was carried out by cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) method and quantified to perform polymerase chain reaction using Begomovirus group specific coat protein primers targeting the coat protein region and were sequenced. | Characterization of leaf curl disease of tomato grown in Karnataka