Mysuru, July 27 -- Plant viruses are responsible for a 10-30 percent reduction in agricultural yields across the country, said Dr. H.S. Savithri, retired Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.

She was speaking at the inauguration of CSIR-CFTRI Platinum

Jubilee Lecture Series 2024-25 and the National Symposium on 'Plant Protein: Structure-Function, Human Nutrition and Technological Advances' organised by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) at Cheluvamba Hall on Friday.

Dr. Savithri highlighted the urgent need to develop permanent solutions to address plant virus-related crop losses. "The country faces an annual loss of abo...