Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
_Rice yellow mottle virus_ (RYMV) is a widespread rice pathogen reported in nearly all rice-growing countries of Africa. Although the virus was detected in Cameroun, Chad, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, RYMV has never been described in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
In July 2012, plants with leaf yellowing and mottling symptoms were observed in large irrigated rice production schemes and lowland subsistence fields in the area of Bukavu, in the east of the DRC. Several dozens of
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