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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Scientists Focus on how Paddy Dwarfing Virus Entered India's Crop Belt

Scientists Focus on how Paddy Dwarfing Virus Entered India's Crop Belt

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published Published on Sep 7, 2022   modified Modified on Sep 8, 2022

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Researchers will now focus on how the Dwarf Virus, first found in China, entered Punjab and Haryana.

Even though the virus causing the ‘dwarfing’ of paddy in Punjab and Haryana is new in the country, the insect that carries the virus has been here for years, according to a latest research by scientists at Ludhiana’s Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), the Indian Express reported.

The Southern Rice Black-streaked Dwarf Virus (SRBSDV) is carried by the white-backed plant hopper (WBPH) in a persistent, circulative and propagative manner, the Express reported citing scientific research. 

Nonetheless, scientists are still trying to find out how the Dwarf Virus reached the country's paddy belt. They think that WBPH carrying the virus may have migrated on the back of typhoons and strong convection winds.

Dr Mandeep Singh Hunjan, a principal plant pathologist at PAU, told the Express that WBPH’s presence has been detected in India for an extended period. However, the researchers will now focus on finding how the Dwarf Virus, which was first found in China, entered Punjab and Haryana.

Dr Hunjan told the newspaper that it was their priority to discover the name and cause of the disease caused by the virus in order to solve the crop damage issue and help farmers save crops. They are also focusing on the route through which the virus may have entered. It is a double-stranded RNA virus that was reported from Southern China, in Punjab, in 2001.

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Newsclick.in, 7 September, 2022, https://www.newsclick.in/Scientists-Focus-how-Paddy-Dwarfing-Virus-Entered-India-Crop-Belt


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