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Transmission by Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)

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Practical Plant Virology

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Leafhoppers, as vectors of a number of viruses, are responsible for great economic losses of major crops, such as rice. Therefore, this section deals with important leafhopper-transmitted viruses of rice: rice tungro complex, rice transitory yellowing Rhabdovirus and rice dwarf Phytoreovirus.

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Dijkstra, J., de Jager, C.P. (1998). Transmission by Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae). In: Practical Plant Virology. Springer Lab Manual. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72030-7_29

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