Abstract

The reactions of twenty soybean varieties to infection with Bean Pod Mottle Virus (BPMV) (Genus Comovirus) disease were studied for 2 consecutive years in the Department of Crop Science University of Nigeria, Nsukka Farm (Latitude 060 25N; Longitude 070 24N; attitude 447.26 m above sea level). Factorial arrangement of treatments involving twenty soybean varieties was laid out in the field in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The fields were exposed to natural infection by vectors of BPMV, surveyed for symptoms of BPMV, screened using DAS ELISA for BPMV and differentiated infected soybean plants from healthy plants by tagging. The twenty soybean varieties differed significantly (P

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