The Ramu stunt disease is a disease of the
sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...
widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but not detected in Australia. ''
Eumetopina flavipes'', the island sugarcane planthopper, is a species of
planthopper
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present throughout
South East Asia
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which is a
vector
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Mathematics a ...
for the disease.
It was first detected in the 1980s. It is thought to be either of viral origin or associated with a ''
Phytoplasma'' bacterium.
[The Phytoplasma Associated with Ramu Stunt Disease of Sugarcane Is Closely Related to the White Leaf Phytoplasma Group. C. P. R. Cronjé and R. A. Bailey, Plant disease, June 1999, Volume 83, Number 6, Page 588, ]
See also
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Ramu, a river in northern Papua New Guinea
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Stunt (botany), a plant disease that results in dwarfing and loss of vigor
References
Sugarcane diseases
Agriculture in Papua New Guinea
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