| nonpathogenic nilaparvata lugens reovirus is transmitted to the brown planthopper through rice plant. | nilaparvata lugens reovirus (nlrv) was found in a colony of the brown planthopper, n. lugens, an important plant virus vector. unlike with usual phytopathogenic reoviruses, there are no visible symptoms on a rice plant which has been attacked by nlrv-infected planthoppers. manner of transmission, host range, and multiplication of nlrv in rice plant were studied by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or polymerase chain reaction using reverse transcriptase. nlrv was transovumly transmitted to about ... | 1995 | 7871743 |