PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS OF EUMETOPINA SP (HEMIPTERA, DELPHACIDAE) ASA VECTOR OF RAMU STUNT DISEASE OF SUGARCANE IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA

Authors
KUNIATA LS YOUNG GR PAIS E JONES P NAGARAJA H
Citation
Ls. Kuniata et al., PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS OF EUMETOPINA SP (HEMIPTERA, DELPHACIDAE) ASA VECTOR OF RAMU STUNT DISEASE OF SUGARCANE IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA, Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 33, 1994, pp. 185-186
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the Australian Entomological Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00049050
Volume
33
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
185 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-9050(1994)33:<185:POES(D>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A pot trial conducted in 1992 at Ramu Sugar Ltd., Papua New Guinea, in dicated that the leafhopper Eumetopina sp. was most effective in the t ransmission of Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane. Ramu stunt-like sympto ms were first observed in test sugarcane plants 9-12 weeks after the i ntroduction of infected insects.