“…As compared to ToLCNDV, the ToLCPMV is a recently identified begomovirus, reported from bitter cucumber, Rumex sp, tomato, pumpkin, squash, cucumber, bitter gourd, common bean, water melon, chilies, and muskmelon from India and Iran (Namrata et al 2010;Heydarnejad et al 2009;Esmaeili et al 2015). In Pakistan ToLCPMV was first detected in 2007 infecting Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.), showing typical symptoms of the disease including chlorosis, leaf crumpling, vein thickening, and stunting of plants (Ali et al 2010).…”