Rice tungro disease is an important disease of rice, caused by viruses, transmitted by green
leafhopper. Tungro virus infection reduces rice yield up to 90%. If the plants were infected in
the vegetative stage it might caused total loss. Tungro is endemic in South Sulawesi, Bali,
West Java and Central Java. The outbreak might occur due to the effect of climate changes,
either directly or indirectly. Higher temperatures shortens the life cycles of the insect vector
and also fastens virus development. Presently, the chances of tungro disease spread to …