Field screening of different varieties/lines of bhendi [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] against yellow vein mosaic virus disease in West Bengal

Bhendi [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] is one of the most important crops in India. The production of this crop is getting serios setback due to yellow vein mosaic virus disease. The best way is to control the disease by growing resistant varieties against yellow vein mosaic virus disease. Field reaction of 14 varieties/lines of bhendi for resistance agaisnt yellow vein mosaic vir-us diesese clearly showed that none of the varieties/lines was free from the disease. The disease incidence varied from 18.25 to 64.96%. The lowest disease incidence was recorded by the variety/line ZOH-3002 (18.25%) and highest by the variety/line VB-9801 (64.96%). The population of whitefly was recorded minimum in the variety/line ZOH-3002 followed by BO-13 and US-7109 and highest population was recorded in the variety/line VB-9801. The variety/line ZOH-3002 produced highest yield (85.43 q/ha) and lowest yield was recorded by the hybrid variety/line VB-9801 (13.20 q/ha). Of the 14 varieties/lines tested, three varieties/lines (ZOH-3002, US-7109 and BO-13) were moderately resistant, three varieties/lines (NOH-147, HRB-108-2 and AROH-113) were moderately susceptible, seven varieties/lines (HRB-107-4, P-7, Arka Abhoy, IIVR-11, Parvani Kranti, Pant bhendi and local) were susceptible, one variety/line (VB-9801) was highly susceptible.