Cultural management

  • Growing resistant / tolerant varieties against leafhoppers.

                     -L603, L 604, NHH 390, Lam hybrid -4, Narasimha (NA 1325), NHH 44, LRA 5166, H 8

  • ETL: 50 nymphs or adults/50 leaves
  • ETL: 2 – 3 nymphs / leaf.
  • NSKE 5% 25 kg/ha
  • Where the leafhopper is a big menace apply neem oil formulation 0.5 % or neem oil 3% thrice at fortnightly intervals