Fiji
Disease
Virus
(FDV) -
This
virus
causes
disease
of
sugarcane.
Galls
arising
by
proliferation
of
young
phloem
cells
develop
along
the
vascular
bundles
on
the
lower
surface
of
leaf.
The
virus
multiplies
in
the
insect
vector
Perkinsiella
saccharina
(leafhopper).
There
is
immunochemical
evidence
that
FDV
RNA
is
double
stranded.
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