Green leafhopper: Nephotettix virescens
Symptom of damage:
- Yellowing of leaves from tip to downwards
- Vector for the diseases viz., Rice tungro virus, rice yellow & transitory yellowing cause direct damage to the rice plant
- Retarded vigorous and stunted growth
- Drying up of plant due to sucking up of the leaf
Management:
ETL: 60/25 net sweeps or 5/hill at vegetative stage or 10/hill at flowering or 2/hill in tungro endemic area
- Nursery should not be located near the street lamps
- Spray any one of the following insecticides
- Phosphamidon 40 SL 50 ml
- Phosalone 35 EC 120 ml
- Maintain 2.5 cm of water in the nursery and broadcast anyone of the following in 20 cents
- Carbofuran 3 G 3.5 kg
- Phorate 10 G 1.0 kg
Source-
- TNAU Agritech Portal.
