Banana bunchy top virus (bbtv) known as banana dwarf disease is a disease caused by a vector, namely Pentalonia nigronervosa (Hemiptera: Aphididae). The purpose of this study was to determine the biology of Pentalonia nigronervosa in turmeric plants and the efficiency of transmission of banana dwarf virus (BBTV) through P. nigronervosa vectors when the infective vector was passed to turmeric pl…