Indian researchers find new microbe reverting sesame flowers to vegetative state ...Middle East

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Researchers from the Bose Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, have identified a new microbe responsible for reverting sesame flowers to a vegetative state. The peculiar disease has been affecting the sesame fields of Midnapore in West Bengal, said the team led by Prof. Gaurab Gangopadhayay, Dept. of Biological Sciences at the Institute. They found that after attaining the flowering and fruiting stage, the sesame plants revert to their vegetative stage and the white flowers with pinkish tinges turn green. The research identified a new microbe residing in the gut of pests like leafhoppers and plant hoppers — a phloem sucker —

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