Screening of tomato mosaic virus, its epidemiology and management

Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) is the most important and commonly associated with tomato crop and is distributed throughout Pakistan. To combat this problem, tomato lines/varieties screened against the tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), in relation to epidemiological factors and different plant extracts (A. indica, A. aspera and W. somnifera) were evaluated for their efficacy to manage the disease.The most effective plant extract was A indica at 1% concentration to reduce disease.