Symptoms
The symptoms in rice are chlorotic streaks that can coalesce and cause the leaves to turn white. When young plants become infected, they are stunted and in severe cases the leaves turn necrotic and the plants die. Infections that occur before the emergence of the panicle can reduce seed set and quality. RHBV epidemics are cyclic. During the peak of RHBV epidemics, yield losses at the country level have been estimated to be between 25% and 50%.
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