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Isachne mosaic (?) 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

Acronym

IsaMV

ICTV decimal code

57.0.1.T.046

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist.
• Isachne globosa - leaf chlorosis.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Japan.

Susceptible host species

• Isachne globosa

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

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

Cytopathology

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

Taxonomy and relationships

unassigned potyvirus

Comments and References

References

• Toriyama, S. and Yora, K. (1972). In: Virus Diseases of Wild Grasses and Cereal Crops in Japan. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan.

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.