What organism causes Papaya ring spot disease?

-✅Explanation: Papaya ring spot disease is caused by the Papaya ringspot virus (PRV), a single-stranded RNA virus. This virus is transmitted by aphids, causing yellowing, stunting, and ringspotting on papaya fruits.

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Symptoms
-Vein clearing, puckering and chlorophyll leaf tissues lobbing in.
-Margin and distal parts of leaves roll downward and inwards, mosaic mottling, dark green blisters, leaf distortion which result in shoe string system and stunting of plants.
-On fruits circular concentric rings are produced.If affected earlier no fruit formation.
-Vectored by aphids Aphis gossypii, A. craccivora and also spreads to cucurbits not through seeds.

Management
-Raise papaya seedlings under insect-proof conditions.
-Plant disease free seedlings.
-Raise sorghum / maize as barrier crop before planting papaya.
-Rogue out affected plants immediately on noticing symptoms.
-Donot raise cucurbits around the field.