Symptoms:

Water-soaked stripes appear along the margin of leaf blades, which later on enlarge and turn yellow. These lesions may cover the entire blade, may extend to the lower end of leaf sheath. Similar symptoms may occur on glumes of green grains.

Perpetuation:

Survive in rhizophere of weed hosts, infected straw and root stubble. Disseminate by wind and water.

Control:

Cultivation of resistant varieties is alone easy and safe way to prevent the crop against diseases including this disease also.