Sobemovirus RYMV(RYMV00)
Distribution details in Rwanda
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2011: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2009
First recorded in: 2009
In the 2000s, high incidence of rice plants with yellowing and mottling symptoms was reported at Cyabayaga (north) and at Cyili (southeast). At Cyabayaga, total crop failure was observed. In 2009, symptomatic rice plants were collected from three major rice-producing regions of Rwanda (Bugarama, Cyili, Cyabyaga) and the presence of RYMV was confirmed.
* Ndikumana I, Gasoré R, Issaka S, Pinel-Galzi A, Onasanya A, Hassani-Mehraban A, Fargette D, Peters D, Séré Y (2011) Rice yellow mottle virus in rice in Rwanda: first report and evidence of strain circulation. New Disease Reports 23, 18. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2011.023.018]
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | Present, no details | ||
| Tanzania, United Republic of | Present, no details | ||
| Uganda | Present, restricted distribution |