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Morphological, Anatomical And Molecular Investigation Into Witches’ Broom Disease Of Mamejvo (Enicostemma Axillare), K. Abirami, Anjali Sharma, Jatindra Nath Samanta, V. S. Rana, Kunal Mandal

Kunal Mandal

Mamejvo (Enicostemma axillare Raynal) is a perennial herb with diversified health benefits. It was found to be affected by a witches’ broom disease under the field conditions at Anand, Gujarat, India. Affected plants were 53.33% reduced in height due to shortened internodes, leading to typical witches’ broom symptoms. Flower size was reduced significantly in the affected plants compared with the healthy ones and their petal color gradually turned green (virescence). Affected plants produced 2.5 times more dry herbage than the normal plants but with less active ingredient (swertiamarin). Symptomatic plants died early while root suckers from such plants failed to …