Newly recorded species of Chaetocnema, vector of rice yellow mottle virus in Tanzania

Banwo, O. O.; Makundi, Rhodes H.; Abdallah, R. S.; Mbapila, J. C.

dc.creator	Banwo, O. O.
dc.creator	Makundi, Rhodes H.
dc.creator	Abdallah, R. S.
dc.creator	Mbapila, J. C.
dc.date	2016-12-28T05:51:58Z
dc.date	2016-12-28T05:51:58Z
dc.date	2001
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:50:50Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:50:50Z
dc.identifier	0114-0671
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1132
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90706
dc.description	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2001; 29:61-65
dc.description	Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) belongs to the Sobemovirus group and causes the only known virus disease of rice (Oryza sativa L.) peculiar to the African continent to date. It was first recorded in Kenya in 1966 and was not reported in Tanzania until in the 1980s. It has spread fast and is found in almost all the rice growing areas. Clearly, it is the most important disease of rice in Tanzania. RYMV is transmitted mechanically and by chrysomelid beetles. Chaetocnema pulla Chapuis is thought to be an important vector of the disease in Tanzania. Transmission studies conducted revealed a new species, Chaetocnema sp. nov. prope varicornis Jacoby, found in Tanzania as also a vector of RYMV. This species has not been previously reported to occur and to vector RYMV in any of the countries where the disease is prevalent. Further studies on the roles of these vectors and the dynamics of virus spread are necessary to provide more information on the epidemiology of this disease in Tanzania.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis
dc.subject	Chaetocnema sp
dc.subject	Chaetocnema pulla
dc.subject	Chaetocnema varicornis
dc.subject	Rice
dc.subject	Rice yellow mottle virus
dc.subject	Vectors
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.title	Newly recorded species of Chaetocnema, vector of rice yellow mottle virus in Tanzania
dc.type	Article