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Brinjal mild mosaic (?) potyvirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1991.

Nomenclature

ICTV decimal code

57.0.1.T.D.02

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist.
• Solanum melongena - mild leaf chlorosis.

Transmission

Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in India.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Datura metel, D. stramonium, Lycopersicon esculentum, Nicotiana glutinosa, Petunia × hybrida, Physalis peruviana, Solanum melongena - systemic chlorotic vein-banding, mottling and some distortion.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Chenopodium amaranticolor, Gomphrena globosa, Nicotiana rustica, Solanum tuberosum, Vigna unguiculata.

Susceptible host species

• Datura metel
• Datura stramonium
• Lycopersicon esculentum
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Petunia × hybrida
• Physalis floridana
• Physalis peruviana
• Solanum melongena

Insusceptible host species

• Chenopodium amaranticolor
• Gomphrena globosa
• Nicotiana rustica
• Solanum tuberosum
• Vigna unguiculata

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Solanaceae (8/10)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Amaranthaceae (1/1)
• Chenopodiaceae (1/1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1/1)
• Solanaceae (2/10)

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

TIP: 65 °C. LIV: 4 days. DEP: log₁₀ minus 4.

Purification method

Naqvi and Mahmood (1978).

Particle morphology

Virions filamentous; usually flexuous; with a clear modal length; of 675-760 nm; 13 nm wide.

Physical properties

One sedimenting component in purified preparations; sedimentation coefficient 168 S.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of RNA; single-stranded.

Taxonomy and relationships

unassigned potyvirus

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Potato Y and tobacco etch viruses.

Comments and References

References

• Naqvi, Q.A. and Mahmood, K. (1976). Indian Phytopath. 29: 138.
• Naqvi, Q.A. and Mahmood, K. (1978). Phytopath. Z. 93: 86.

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.