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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Cardamine chlorotic fleck carmovirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1992 and M.L. Skotnicki, 1993.

Nomenclature

ICTV decimal code

74.0.2.DE.01

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Cardamine lilacina - chlorotic leaf flecking.

Transmission

Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Australia.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica campestris ssp. rapa, Cardamine lilacina, Iberis coronaria - chlorotic leaf flecking.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Brassica campestris ssp. pekinensis, Phaseolus vulgaris and Pisum sativum.

Susceptible host species

• Arabidopsis thaliana
• Brassica campestris ssp. rapa
• Cardamine lilacina
• Iberis coronaria

Insusceptible host species

• Brassica campestris ssp. pekinensis
• Phaseolus vulgaris
• Pisum sativum

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Cruciferae (4/5)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Cruciferae (1/5)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (2/2)

Purification method

Skotnicki et al. (1992).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions isometric; not enveloped; 30 nm in diameter.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of RNA; single-stranded; unipartite; largest (or only) genome part 4.1 kb.

NCBI sequence data (Entrez search)

Sequence database accession code(s)

• L16015 Em(40)_vi:CDKCG Gb(84)_vi:CDKCG Cardamine chlorotic fleck carmovirus genome, including replicase, coat protein, p8 protein, 1 sequence.

Taxonomy and relationships

Carmovirus: Tombusviridae

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Turnip crinkle virus.

Additional comments on relationships

The viral RNA shows significant sequence homology with those of turnip crinkle and carnation mottle viruses but not with those of cymbidium ringspot, tomato bushy stunt, turnip yellow mosaic and southern bean mosaic viruses.

Comments and References

References

• Skotnicki, M.L., Mackenzie, A.M., Torronen, M., Brunt, A.A. and Gibbs, A.J. (1992). Australas. Pl. Path. 21: 120;
• Skotnicki, M.L., Mackenzie, A.M., Torronen, M. and Gibbs, A.J. (1993). J. gen. Virol. 74: 1933.

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.