The SMV causing mosaic in soybean was readily transmissible through sap, seed and aphids. Sap transmission of the SMV on soybean cv. JS-335 produced characteristic symptoms such as dark green colour of leaves, mosaic and mottling symptoms, crinkling, leaf puckering of leaves. The soybean mosaic virus infected a wide range of the host plants. five species belonging to the families of Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Leguminosae and Caricaceae induced most conspicuous symptoms like mottling symptoms, common symptoms such as mottling, crinkling of leaves, leaf puckering, dwarfing and top necrosis etc. The plant species belonging to the families Crucifereae, Amarantheceae and Malvaceae could not exhibit any symptoms. |
