Abstract:In order to estimate serviceable range of the detection methods of Rice stripe virus (RSV) in small brown plant hopper,Laodelphax striatellus Falln (SBPH), polyclonal antibody SV21 and monoclonal antibody 3B9 against RSV were used. RSV in a single SBPH could be detected with the ELISA, DIBA and Western blotting methods successfully. The monoclonal antibody 3B9 was more sensitive than polyclonal antibody SV21 and polywell-plate indirect-ELISA with polyclonal antibody or monoclonal antibody as testing antibody had a higher specificity and sensitivity than DIBA and Western blotting. Among the three molecular detection methods, RSV could be detected with 1∶ 400 dilution of extraction of a single SBPH using RT-PCR, however, RSV could not be detected using IC-RT-PCR if the dilution of polyclonal antibody SV21 was less than 1∶ 500 or the dilution of monoclonal antibody 3B9 was less than 1∶ 800. The results of DB-RT-PCR showed that RSV could not be detected with less than 1∶ 400 dilution of a single male or female SBPH.