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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Euonymus fasciation (?) rhabdovirus

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

Acronym

EFV

ICTV decimal code

62.U.P.0.017

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Euonymus japonica, E. japonica var. microphylla - fasciated stems.

Geographical distribution

Found, but with no evidence of spread, in France.

Susceptible host species

• Euonymus japonica
• Euonymus japonica var. microphylla

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Celastraceae (2/2)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions rhabdo- or bullet-shaped.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible unassigned rhabdovirus

Comments and References

General comments

It is not known if this virus is related to a rhabdovirus that occurs in Euonymus japonica with vein-yellowing and chlorotic leaf spotting, but no fasciation, in the formar Yugoslavia (Plese and Eric, 1980).

References

• Codaccioni, M. and Cossard, C. (1975). C.r. hebd. Seanc. Acad. Sci. 280: 1497.
• Codaccioni, M. and Cossard, C. (1977). C.r. hebd. Seanc. Acad. Sci. 284: 701.
• Plese, N. and Eric, Z. (1980). Acta Phytopath. Acad. Sci. Hung. 15: 291.

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.