Field diagnostic symptoms

Bright yellow mottling with dark green vein – banding, leaf distortion, blistering, stunting and reduced leaf lamina.

Causal agent

• Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) Comovirus group.
• It is positive sense RNA virus

Survival and mode of spread

Aphid - Aphis craccivora, A. gossypii, A. fabae and Myzus persicae

Favourable conditions

High temperature

Integrated Disease management

Roguing out of diseased plants up to 30 days
 

Cowpea Mosaic