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Bhendi yellow vein mosaic bigeminivirus

Index

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

Data collated by V. Muniyappa, 1991.

Nomenclature

Acronym

BYVMV

ICTV decimal code

29.0.3.0.010

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist. Symptoms vein clearing followed by yellowing and thickening, leaves and fruit reduced in size.
• Abelmoschus esculentus - vein clearing, yellowing and thickening.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Bemisia tabaci; Aleyrodidae. Transmitted in a persistent manner. Virus retained when the vector moults; does not multiply in the vector; not transmitted congenitally to the progeny of the vector; not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by grafting; not transmitted by contact between plants; not transmitted by seed; not transmitted by pollen.

Ecology and control

Studies reported by Sastry and Singh (1973).

Geographical distribution

Spreads in India.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible. Experimentally infected plants mostly show leaf curling and crinkling.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Althaea rosea - leaf curling and crinkling.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Ageratum conyzoides, Cajanus cajan, Croton bonplandianus, Glycine max, Lablab purpureus.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Abelmoschus esculentus.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Abelmoschus esculentus (W).

Susceptible host species

• Abelmoschus esculentus
• Althaea rosea

Insusceptible host species

• Ageratum conyzoides
• Cajanus cajan
• Croton bonplandianus
• Glycine max
• Lablab purpureus

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Malvaceae (2/2)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Compositae (1/1)
• Euphorbiaceae (1/1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (3/3)

Sources of host-range data

Rao (1986).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions geminate; 16-18 nm in diameter; dimers 30 nm in length.

Taxonomy and relationships

bigeminivirus: Geminiviridae

Virus(es) with serologically related virions

African cassava mosaic virus.

Comments and References

References

• Harrison, B.D., Muniyappa, V., Swanson, M.M., Roberts, I.M. and Robinson, D.J. (1991). Ann. appl. Biol. 118: 595.
• Kulkarni, G.S. (1924). Poona Agric. Coll. Mag. 6: 6.
• Rao, M. (1986). M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. Agric. Sci., Bangalore, India, 74 pp.
• Sastry, K.S.M. and Singh, S.J. (1973). Indian Phytopath. 26: 129.
• Singh, A.B., Joshi, B.S., Khanna, P. and Gupta, P.S. (1962). Ind. J. Genet. Pl. Breeding 22: 137.
• Uppal, B.N., Varma, P.M. and Capoor, S.P. (1940). Curr. Sci. 9: 227.
• Varma, P.M. (1955). Indian J. agric. Sci. 25: 293.

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.