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Agriculture · Q814

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 814

Q814

Tangro disease of rice is spread by

A.
Nephotettix virescens
Answer
B.
Sogatella furcifera
C.
Thrips tabaci
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Tangro disease of rice is spread by Nephotettix virescens.
Tungro disease viruses are transmitted from one plant to another by leafhoppers that feed on tungro-infected plants. The most efficient vector is the green leafhopper. Leafhoppers can acquire viruses from any part of the infected plant by feeding on it, even for a short time.
It is transmitted by leafhoppers only in the presence of RTSV. The major vector is the rice green leafhopper, Nephotettix virescens, and it can also be transmitted by some other leafhopper species such as N. nigropictus, N.