| Crop | Rice (Oryza sativa) |
| Disease | Tungro disease |
| Pathogen | Rice tungro baciliform virus (RTBV) and Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) |
| Vector | Leaf hopper (Nephotettix virescens) |
| Group | Virus |
- SYMPTOM1
- SYMPTOM2
- SYMPTOM3
| Pathogen | Rice tungro baciliform virus (RTBV) and Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) |
| Characters | RTBV particles are rod-shaped and 100-300 nm in length and 30-35 nm in width. It contains DNA of 8.3 kb. RTSV particles are isometric and 30 nm in diameter. It has a polyadenylated single-stranded RNA of about 12 kb |
| Favorable Conditions | Presence of virus sources, presence of vectors, age and susceptibility of host plant etc. |
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