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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Tomato production in Jammu and Kashmir has suffered considerable losses in yield and fruit quality due to infections of tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV). The survey data revealed that the ToLCV was present in almost all parts of Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur districts. The percentage of Disease incidence ranged from 29.60-47.20 per cent. The overall incidence of the disease ranged from 20.0-37.6 per cent in Jammu district while in Kathua and Udhampur districts, the incidence of the disease was 33.6-44.8 and 25.6-33.6 per cent respectively. The results indicated that ToLCV is the predominant and most important viral pathogen in tomato production systems in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir. Amplicon of 700bp was obtained from the infected samples collected from different locations.