Plant Viruses
Online 
Descriptions and Lists from
the VIDE Database
Carrot mosaic
(?) potyvirus
Index
Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1991.
Nomenclature
Acronym
ICTV decimal code
Host range and symptoms
First reported
in Daucus carota; from Czechoslovakia; by Chod (1965a).
Natural host range and symptoms
Symptoms persist.
- Daucus carota - chlorotic spots and mosaic of leaves, and
yellow spots on petioles.
Transmission
Transmitted by a vector; an insect;
Acyrthosiphon pisum, Cavariella aegopodii, Myzus persicae; Aphididae.
Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.
Geographical
distribution
Spreads in the former Czechoslovakia.
Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms
- Vigna unguiculata - chlorotic flecks and chlorosis of
leaves.
- Chenopodium quinoa - local chlorotic lesions.
Susceptible host species
Families containing susceptible hosts
Physical and
biochemical properties
Properties of particles in sap
TIP: 65
°C. LIV: 4 days (at 20-22ºC). DEP: log10 minus 3.
Particle morphology
Virions filamentous; not enveloped;
usually flexuous; with a clear modal length; of 740 nm; 15 nm wide.
Taxonomy and
relationships
Comments and
References
References
- Chod, J. (1965a).
Biologia Pl. 7: 463.
- Chod, J. (1965b). Ochr.
Rost. 1: 49.
- Chod, J. (1966). Biologia Pl. 8: 53.
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: 20th August 1996.' URL
http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/
Dallwitz (1980)
and
Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993)
should also be cited.
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vide-manager@biology.anu.edu.au