Rice Tungro Virus: RTV

Causal Organism: The virus is transmitted by the Green leaf hopper.

Symptoms:

• The diseased plants exibit orange yellow discolouration of leaves from the tip downwards.  
• The young leaves show mosaic mottling. The plants are dwarfed with poor tillering and become sterile.

Control:

• Grow resistant varieties like IR-20, Ratna etc.  
• Spray Dyzinon a.i. @ 1.5 Kg/ha 5 times. First spray10 days after sowing and rest after transplanting at 15, 30, 45 and 60 days.
• Use light trap to attract and control the leaf hopper vector.