• General chlorosis of young leaves – parallel streaks of pale green tissues running along the veins from midrib to the margins.
• Leaf sheath also shows stitch stripes.
• In advanced stage the whole plant shows mosaic symptom.
• Rhizome shrivels and plants dies. If young clumps are attached they die before flowering.
• Vector: Pentalonia nigronervosa

Management

• Collection and removal of infected clumps along with rhizomes and burning.
• Raising of nursery in diseases free areas.
• Spray with dimethoate (or) Methyl dematan (or) Phosphomidon to kill the vector.