STUDIES ON INFECTION OF SOYBEAN SEED PARTS AND SEED TRANSMISSION OF SOYBEAN MOSAIC VIRUS

In this study the local lesion host(Top Crop, a variety of bean)was used to test the percentage of soybean mosaic virus(SMV) infection. The results showed that the infection rate(%) in mature seeds is as high as that in the seedlings having resulted in those infected seeds. High percentage of SMV infection was detected in all parts of immature seeds and green pods. While in mature seeds, the infectious SMV was only detected in the parts of cotyledons and embryos,However,this high percentage of SMV infection...