- Worldwide distribution. In tropics and sub-tropics. On maize, sweet corn and itch grass (Rottboellia). A minor virus disease.
- Light green to yellow stripes along the leaves, singly or in bands, 1-2 cm wide. Plants stunted.
- Spread is by planthoppers, that live and breed in the 'funnel' of the leaves.
- Impact usually low with only 1-2 % plants affected.
- Cultural control: resistant varieties; removal of infected plants.
- Chemical control: infection is usually low so insecticides would be uneconomic.
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Maize mosaic (074)
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Summary
Common Name
Maize mosaic, corn mosaic
Scientific Name
Maize mosaic nucleorhabdovirus; the abbreviation is MMV.
AUTHORS Helen Tsatsia & Grahame Jackson
Information from Maize mosaic virus (corn mosaic virus) (2019) Crop Protection Compendium. (https://www.cabi.org/cpc/datasheet/32399); and Tsai JH, Falk BW (undated) Insect vectors and their pathogens of maize in the tropics. CFANS. University of Minnesota. (https://ipmworld.umn.edu/tsai-maize-tropics); and from Kohler F, et al. (1997) Diseases of cultivated crops in Pacific Island countries. South Pacific Commission. Pirie Printers Pty Limited, Canberra, Australia. Photo 3 Richard Markham, ACIAR, Canberra.
Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
