Symptoms

• Floral parts transformed into green leafy structure – Phylloid structure
• Small leaves and malformed flowers cluster at the top and the flower become sterile
• Stamens leaf like, anthers green and ovary transformed into shoot like structure
• Plants with reduced internodes and gives bushy appearance.

Identification of pathogen

Vector Jassid – Orosius albicinctus

Favourable Conditions

• High relative humidity (> 85%)
• Heavy rainfall
• Low temperature (20-25ºC)

Mode of Spread and Survival

• Transmitted by jassids-Orosius albicinctus

Management

• Remove and destroy infected plants.
• To control vector, spray NSKE @ 5% or neem oil @ 2%
• Seed treatment with imidacloprid 600 FS @ 7.5ml/kg
• Spray Quinalphos 25 EC 800 ml/ac or thiamethoxam 25WG @ 40 g/ac or imidacloprid 17.8SL @ 40 ml/ac.
• Intercropping of Sesamum + Redgram (6:1).