Okra [Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench)] is an economically important vegetable grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Okra is cultivated for both its immature pods to be consumed as fresh and canned food and seed purpose. But this crop is affected by many viral diseases worldwide and India is not exception. At least, 19 plant viruses are reported to be responsible for causing different diseases to this crop. Among them, yellow vein mosaic virus disease (YVMV) is the most important and destructive disease. The disease is caused by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn) transmitted virus complex consisting of a monopartite begomovirus, Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus (BYVMV) and a beta satellite molecule. The causal virus and its associated beta satellite molecule infect the crop at all the stages of crop growth. The disease is characterized by symptoms of homogenous interwoven network of yellow veins enclosing islands of green tissues. Initially infected leaves exhibit only yellowing of the veins and vein lets , but in the later stages, the entire leaf turns completely yellow. In extreme cases, the infected leaf becomes totally light yellow or cream color. Plants infected at the early stages remain stunted. The fruits of the infected plants exhibit pale yellow color, become deformed, small and tough in texture. Thus, the disease affects both the quality of fruits and yield of okra adversely. The total loss of vegetable on this account has been estimated up to 20-30% but if the pathogens are allowed to develop, this loss may increase up to 80-90%. If plants are infected within 20 days after germination, their growth is retarded; few leaves and fruits are formed and loss may be about 94%. The extent of damage declines with delay in infection of the plants. Plants infected at 50 and 65 days after germination suffer a loss of 84 and 49%, respectively. The disease can’t be controlled properly by chemical means. Uprooting of infected plants is not practical and economical because of heavy infection rate in the field. So  only practical solution for this problem is to develop tolerant varieties.  An extensive search for YVMV tolerance in okra was started by screening germplasm of wild species. Many studies were also undertaken to transfer genes for tolerance to BYVMV from related wild species to susceptible cultivated varieties . The source of resistance to BYVMV has been explored in cultivated species and few varieties like Pusa sawani , Kashi vibhuti and Kashi pragati have been developed through pedigree method. Parbhani kranti, Arka anamika and Arka abhay were developed using interspecific hybridization followed by back cross breeding and variety Punjab padmini by interspecific hybridization, but without back crossing. Abelmoschus manihot, A. manihot ssp. manihot, and A. teretaphyllus were used for inter specific hybridization followed by back crossing with cultivated species A. esculents. But their resistance has broken down in few years due to intensive and continuous cultivation. Therefore, the present study is taken up to identifying the new source of resistance in okra for YVMV disease and which would be very much useful in developing new resistant varieties.