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REACTION OF EXOTIC AND INDIGENOUS CAPSICUM GENOTYPES AGAINST PAKISTANI ISOLATES OF CHILI VEINAL MOTTLE VIRUS

HUSSAIN SHAH^*, TAHIRA YASMIN, MUHAMMAD FAHIM, SHAHID HAMEED, IRFAN-UL-HAQUE¹, MUHAMMAD MUNIR² AND KHALIL AHMED KHANZADA³

Abstract: Viral diseases are considered to be the major limiting factor in chili pepper production. Chili veinal mottle virus (ChiVMV) is one of the important viruses, which decrease yield by 50%. Screening of 32 (exotic and indigenous) chili pepper germplasm against ChiVMV through symptomatology and serology (DAS-ELISA) under glasshouse conditions showed that all local cultivars (12) except Rawala and Gola Peshawari, are susceptible to ChiVMV, however, Asian Vegetable Research Center (AVRDC) lines CV-1, CV-2, CV-3, CV-7. CV-11 and CV-12 were found highly resistant to both Sindh and Punjab isolates under controlled conditions.
 

Plant Virology Lab, Crop Diseases Research Program, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan

¹Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

²Plant Sciences Division, PARC, Islamabad, Pakistan

³Crop Diseases Research Institute, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

^*Corresponding author E-mail: hussain_shah1@hotmail.com