Ramu stunt disease

The Ramu stunt disease is a disease of the sugarcane widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but not detected in Australia. Eumetopina flavipes, the island sugarcane planthopper, is a species of planthopper present throughout South East Asia which is a vector for the disease.

Ramu stunt disease
Common names	Sugarcane Ramu stunt disease
Causal agents	virus or bacterium
Hosts	sugarcane
Vectors	Eumetopina flavipes
Distribution	Papua New Guinea
Symptoms	Stunt

It was first detected in the 1980s. It is thought to be either of viral origin^[1] or associated with a Phytoplasma bacterium.^[2]

See also

• Ramu, a river in northern Papua New Guinea
• Stunt (botany), a plant disease that results in dwarfing and loss of vigor