Screening of Pigeonpea Genotypes through Different Screenig Techniques against Sterility Mosaic Disease

The experimental material consisted of 82 pigeonpea genotypes of medium to long duration. Out of 82 genotypes, 22 genotypes were screened for sterility mosaic by using Leaf stapling technique and petiole grafting technique in pots. In field, 82 genotypes were screened by using Infector hedge technique as well as Leaf stapling technique. All the 22 genotypes except TT 701 and SM 03-17 exhibited symptom of sterility mosaic disease when inoculated adopting both leaf stapling and petiole grafting techniques. Out of 82 genotypes tested against sterility mosaic, sixteen were free from disease and grouped as highly resistant, fourteen genotypes were resistant showing 0.1 to 10 per cent disease incidence, while twenty seven genotypes were moderately resistant showing 10.1 to 25 per cent incidence of disease. Rests of the genotypes were susceptible to highly susceptible showing 25.1 to 100 per cent of disease incidence.