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Aucuba ringspot (?) badnavirus

Index

• Nomenclature
• Host range, transmission and symptoms
• Physical and biochemical properties
• Taxonomy and relationships
• Comments and References

Data collated by S. Yamashita, 1991.

Nomenclature

Synonyms

Aucuba bacilliform virus.

Acronym

AuBV

ICTV decimal code

07.0.1.T.001

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist.
• Aucuba japonica - yellow ringspots and mosaic.

Transmission

Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by grafting; not transmitted by contact between plants; not transmitted by seed; not transmitted by pollen.

Geographical distribution

Found, but with no evidence of spread, in Japan and the U.K.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

Aucuba japonica - yellow spots and mosaic.

Susceptible host species

• Aucuba japonica

Insusceptible host species

• Beta vulgaris
• Brassica campestris ssp. pekinensis
• Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
• Catharanthus roseus
• Chenopodium amaranticolor
• Chenopodium murale
• Chenopodium quinoa
• Cucumis melo
• Cucumis sativus
• Datura stramonium
• Daucus carota
• Glycine max
• Gomphrena globosa
• Hordeum vulgare
• Lactuca sativa
• Lycopersicon esculentum
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Nicotiana rustica
• Nicotiana tabacum
• Oryza sativa
• Petunia × hybrida
• Phaseolus vulgaris
• Pisum sativum
• Raphanus sativus
• Solanum melongena
• Spinacia oleracea
• Tetragonia tetragonioides
• Trifolium repens
• Triticum aestivum
• Vicia faba
• Vigna unguiculata
• Zea mays

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Aucubaceae (1/1)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Amaranthaceae (1/1)
• Apocynaceae (1/1)
• Chenopodiaceae (5/5)
• Compositae (1/1)
• Cruciferae (3/3)
• Cucurbitaceae (2/2)
• Gramineae (4/4)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (6/6)
• Solanaceae (7/7)
• Tetragoniaceae (1 /1)
• Umbelliferae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

Leaf sap contains few virions.

Particle morphology

Virions bacilliform; not enveloped; c. 130 nm in length; 30 nm wide.

Cytopathology

Virions found in the leaves and all parts of the host plant; in cytoplasm. Inclusions absent from infected cells.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possibly Badnavirus

Comments and References

References

• Kusunoki, M. (1980). Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan 46: 414.
• Yamashita, S. (1983). In: Handbook of Plant Viruses in Japan, p. 204; eds K. Yora, Y. Saito, Y. Doi, T Inouye and K. Tomaru. Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, Japan.
• Yamashita, S., Doi, Y., Maeda, H. and Yora, K. (1982). Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan 48: 395.
• Yamashita, S., Natsuaki, T., Doi, Y. and Yora, K. (1985). Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan 51: 642.

Cite this publication as: Brunt, A.A., Crabtree, K., Dallwitz, M.J., Gibbs, A.J., Watson, L. and Zurcher, E.J. (eds.) (1996 onwards). `Plant Viruses Online: Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database. Version: 20^th August 1996.' URL http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/

Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993) should also be cited.