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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Chondrilla juncea stunting (?) nucleorhabdovirus

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

62.0.5.T.D.03

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Chondrilla juncea - leaf chlorosis and distortion, reduced seed production and plant stunting.

Transmission

Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Susceptible host species

• Chondrilla juncea

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Compositae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions rhabdo- or bullet-shaped; with a clear modal length; of 142 nm (in vivo); 58 nm wide (in vivo). Axial canal obvious.

Cytopathology

Virions found in all parts of the host plant, especially the companion cells; in the perinuclear space.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Nucleorhabdovirus: Rhabdoviridae

Comments and References

References

• Hasan, S., Gionnotti, J. and Vago, C. (1973). Phytopathology 63: 791.

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.