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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Cassia mosaic virus

Index

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

Data collated by R.J. van Velsen, 1984.

Nomenclature

ICTV decimal code

79.0.P.DE.11

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist.
• Cassia tora, C. occidentalis, Crotalaria anagyroides - mosaic.

Transmission

Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by grafting; not transmitted by seed.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Papua New Guinea.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible. Experimentally infected plants mostly show mosaic.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Cassia tora, C. occidentalis, Crotalaria anagyroides - systemic mosaic.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Cassia tora, C. occidentalis.

Susceptible host species

• Cassia occidentalis
• Cassia tora
• Crotalaria anagyroides

Insusceptible host species

• Arachis hypogaea
• Capsicum annuum
• Chenopodium amaranticolor
• Crotalaria spectabilis
• Cucumis sativus
• Datura stramonium
• Lablab purpureus
• Lycopersicon esculentum
• Medicago sativa
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Nicotiana rustica
• Nicotiana sylvestris
• Nicotiana tabacum
• Petunia × hybrida
• Phaseolus lunatus
• Phaseolus vulgaris
• Physalis floridana
• Pisum sativum
• Solanum nigrum
• Trifolium pratense
• Trifolium repens
• Trifolium subterraneum
• Vicia faba
• Vigna unguiculata
• Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae (2/2)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1/14)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Chenopodiaceae (1/1)
• Cucurbitaceae (1/1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (13/14)
• Solanaceae (10/10)

Sources of host-range data

Van Velsen (1961).

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

TIP: 62 °C. LIV: 6 days. DEP: log₁₀ minus 3.

Taxonomy and relationships

(ungrouped)

Comments and References

References

• Van Velsen, R.J. (1961). Papua New Guin. agric. J. 14: 124.

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.