Yellow Leaf Virus of Sugarcane
Polerovirus sp.
Sugarcaneviral
An aphid-transmitted virus causing midrib yellowing and reduced stalk growth.
Symptoms
Yellowing of the leaf midrib that spreads into the leaf blade, along with reduced stalk growth.
Favorable conditions
- •Aphid vector activity
- •Infected seed cane
Management
- 1Use disease-free or tissue-culture seed cane
- 2Control aphid vectors
- 3Plant resistant varieties
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