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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Butterbur (?) nucleorhabdovirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1992.

Nomenclature

ICTV decimal code

62.0.5.T.D.01

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Petasites officinalis - symptomless infection.

Transmission

Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Japan.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

Nicotiana glutinosa.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Nicotiana glutinosa.

Susceptible host species

• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Petasites officinalis

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Compositae (1/1)
• Solanaceae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions rhabdo- or bullet-shaped; with a clear modal length; of 230-250 nm; 80 nm wide. Axial canal obvious; 4.5 nm in diameter. Basic helix obvious; pitch of basic helix 4.5 nm.

Cytopathology

Virions found in leaves and mesophyll; in nuclei and in the perinuclear space.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Nucleorhabdovirus: Rhabdoviridae

Comments and References

References

• Yamashita, S., Maeda, H., Doi, Y. and Yora, K. (1982). Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan 48: 395.

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.