Dept of Agriculture Development 
SFAC KeralaSpindle shaped, slender chlorotic flecks appear on youngest leaves, later these develop into pale green discontinuous stripes as leaves mature.
Infected clumps are stunted, smaller in size, with slender tillers and shorter panicles.
It is transmitted by the banana aphid.
Use healthy seedling.
Rogue the infected plants.
Regular application of insecticides against cardomom thrips controls the aphids also.
