Rice grassy stunt virus (RGSV) is a plant
pathogenic virus
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.
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transmitted by the
brown planthopper
The brown planthopper (BPH), ''Nilaparvata lugens'' (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is a planthopper species that feeds on rice plants (''Oryza sativa'' L.). These insects are among the most important pests of rice, which is the major staple cr ...
, ''Nilaparvata lugens'', and two other ''Nilaparvata'' species, ''N. bakeri'' and ''N. muiri''.
The virus is found in South and
Southeast Asia
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,
China,
Japan, and
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. From 1970 to 1977, RGSV incidence was high in
Indonesia
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. Outbreaks occurred in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
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from 1973 to 1977 and again from 1982 to 1983. There was significant crop loss from RGSV in parts of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
in 1972–74, 1978, 1981, and 1984. High levels of RGSV were reported in
Kyushu, Japan
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in 1978.
From 2000 to 2008, the
Mekong Delta of
Vietnam
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experienced major crop losses of rice as RGSV and rice ragged stunt virus, also vectored by ''N. lugens'', occurred together.
[Thomas, Carla S., Noele P. Nelson, Gary C. Jahn, Tianchan Niu, David M. Hartley 2011]
Use of media and public-domain Internet sources for detection and assessment of plant health threats
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References
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Tenuiviruses
Viral plant pathogens and diseases
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