Plant Viruses Online   

Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Fig (?) potyvirus

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

Synonyms

Ficus carica virus.

Acronym

FicCV

ICTV decimal code

57.0.1.T.037

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist.
• Ficus carica - leaf chlorosis and malformation.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Myzus persicae; Aphididae. Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in the former Yugoslavia.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Ficus carica, Nicotiana megalosiphon, N. sylvestris - chlorosis and systemic leaf malformation.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Nicotiana megalosiphon, N. sylvestris.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Nicotiana megalosiphon (W), N. sylvestris (W).

Susceptible host species

• Ficus carica
• Nicotiana megalosiphon
• Nicotiana sylvestris

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Moraceae (1/1)
• Solanaceae (2/2)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions filamentous; not enveloped; usually flexuous; with a clear modal length; of 750-800 nm.

Cytopathology

Inclusions present in infected cells; are pinwheels; they do not contain virions.

Taxonomy and relationships

unassigned potyvirus

Comments and References

References

• Grbelja, E. (1983). Acta bot. Croat. 42: 11.

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.