Identification symptoms
Infected plant
Mosaic spots on leaves
Sterility mosaic is one of the important disease of redgram which can cause 100% yield loss. The disease causes following symptoms
1. The affected plants are stunted due to shortening of internodes.
2. The auxiliary buds are stimulated to grow and the branches are crowded at the top giving bushy appearance.
3. Mainly three types of symptoms are associated viz. severe mosaic in leaflets with complete sterility , mild mosaic with partial sterility and ring spots characterized by a green island surrounded by a chlorotic halo.