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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Banana streak badnavirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, S. Molyneux, and B.E. Lockhart, 1987.

Nomenclature

Acronym

BSV

ICTV decimal code

07.0.1.0.002

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Musa spp. - chlorotic leaf streaks, necrosis.

Transmission

Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Morocco.

Experimental host range

Several (3-9) families susceptible. Experimentally infected plants mostly show chlorotic and necrotic streaks.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Musa spp. - chlorotic and necrotic leaf streaks.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Hordeum vulgare, Nicotiana benthamiana, N. glutinosa, N. tabacum, Zea mays.

Susceptible host species

• Musa

Insusceptible host species

• Avena sativa
• Hordeum vulgare
• Nicotiana benthamiana
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Nicotiana tabacum
• Nicotiana × edwardsonii
• Zea mays

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Musaceae (1/1)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Gramineae (3/3)
• Solanaceae (4/4)

Sources of host-range data

Lockhart (1986).

Purification method

Lockhart (1986).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions bacilliform; 119 nm in length; c. 30 nm wide.

Taxonomy and relationships

Badnavirus

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Cacao swollen shoot and rice tungro bacilliform viruses.

Comments and References

References

• Lockhart, B.E. (1986). Phytopathology 76: 995.
• Lockhart, B.E.L. and Autrey, J.C. (1988). Plant Dis. 72: 230.

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.