Essay On Pumpkin

Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch ex. Poir 2n=2x=40) belonging to the Cucuarbitacae family, is one of the most important vegetable in Bangladesh as well as throughout the world. It is an important vegetable for its high yields, good storage, and longer period of consumption, high nutritive values, substantial medicinal properties and fitness in transport. It contains several medicinal properties. Important medicinal properties of pumpkin are that it plays great role as anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic, Anti-microbial, Anti-parasitic anti-inflammatory Hepato-protective and Hypotensive (Yadav, Jain et al. 2010). Pumpkin contains a good β-carotene content and has a moderate content of carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. All most all the parts of pumpkin can be used as edible part. The fruits of the vegetable are used both in immature and mature stage as vegetable. Flesh of the ripe fruit is used to make sweets, alcoholic drinks. Seeds of it also has much value because of having protein contents. Seeds are also used deriving edible oil containing

Symptoms of the disease include yellowing of veins on younger leaves which ultimately produce mosaic patches in the later stages of infection. The presence and distribution of Pumpkin yellow vein mosaic disease () was reported throughout India. PYVMD was characterized to an unidentified virus which was named as pumpkin yellow vein mosaic virus (PYVMV). There are two species of geminiviruses which cause PYVMD have been reported in India. One from northern India Tomato leaf Curl New Delhi virus-India and the other from southern India Squash leaf curl China virus-India and both are bipartite.(Singh, Mishra et al. 2009)). Finally, pumpkin yellow vein mosaic disease (PYVMD) causes significant damage to pumpkin production. So, it is an urgent need to develop yellow vein mosaic virus free pumpkin