EPPO Global Database

Mal de Rio Cuarto virus(MRCV00)

Distribution details in Argentina

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1996
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/134) : outbreak reported again in 1996-97 after several years of absence.

EPPO Reporting Service (2000/004) : present in provinces of Tucuman, Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, Rio Negro.
References
* Laguna IG, de Remes Lenicov AMM, Virla EG, Avila AO, Giménez Pecci MP, Herrera P, Garay J, Ploper D, Mariani R (2002) [Diffusion of Mal de Rio Cuarto virus (MRCV) of maize, its vector, associated planthoppers and alternative hosts in Argentina]. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 61(1-2), 87-97 (in Spanish).

* Lenardon SL, March GJ, Nome SF, Ornaghi JA (1998) Recent outbreak of ‘Mal de Rio Cuarto’ virus on corn in Argentina. Plant Disease, 82(4), p 448.

* Review of Plant Pathology, 78(12), p 1140 (8606).

* Rodriguez Pardina PE, Giménez Pecci MP, Laguna IG, Truol G (1998) Wheat: a new natural host for the Mal de Río Cuarto virus in the endemic disease area, Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province, Argentina. Plant Disease, 82(2), 149-152.

* Solis VE, Luciani CE, Brugo Carivali MF, Perotto MC, Gutierrez SA, Celli MG (2023) First report of Mal de Rio Cuarto virus and a picorna-like virus naturally infecting rice (Oryza sativa) in Argentina. Plant Disease 107(8), 2568. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-22-2581-PDN
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Brazil Absent, unreliable record view...
Uruguay Absent, unreliable record view...