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Plant Dis
September 2024
Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company of Santa Catarina (Epagri), 89.803-904 Chapecó, SC, Brazil.
The African planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) has been recently reported in many places in Brazil in association with maize. Its occurrence in maize production fields in Brazil has brought concerns to the corn production chain regarding the possibility of this planthopper to be a vector for maize bushy stunt phytoplasma (MBSP), corn stunt spiroplasma (), maize rayado fino virus (MRFV), and maize striate mosaic virus (MSMV). The phytoplasma and spiroplasma, which are bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes, and the two viruses are associated with the corn stunt disease complex.
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February 2024
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Escola de Agronomia, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
This study reports the first occurrence of Leptodelphax maculigera (Stål, 1859) in Brazil and the Americas. Until now, this species has not been reported outside of Africa. The notification occurred in the State of Goiás in species of agronomic importance, as corn, Brachiaria, elephant grass, cultivar BRS Capiaçu and beans.
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November 2023
Agronômica LTDA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
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