Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist. Symptoms yellow mosaic.
• Phaseolus lunatus - yellow mosaic.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect;
• Bemisia tabaci; Aleyrodidae. Transmitted in a persistent manner.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Nigeria.

Susceptible host species

• Phaseolus lunatus

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

No data available.

Taxonomy and relationships

bigeminivirus: Geminiviridae

Differences between type strain and others

The possible relationship of this virus to those causing similar diseases in lima beans in India (Capoor and Varma, 1948), Puerto Rico (Bird et al., 1972), Brazil (Costa, 1965), Colombia (Galvez and Cardenas, 1980) and Costa Rica (Gamez, 1971) has not been determined.

Comments and References

References

• Bird, J., Perez, J.E., Alconero, R., Vakili, N.G. and Melendez, P.L. (1972). J. Agric. Univ. P.R. 56: 64.
• Capoor, S.P. and Varma, P.M. (1948). Curr. Sci. 17: 152.
• Costa, A.S. (1965). F.A.O. Pl. Prot. Bull. 13: 1.
• Galvez, G.E. and Cardenas, M.R. (1980). In: Bean Production Problems, pp. 261-289; eds H.F. Schwartz and G.E. Galvez. Colombia: C.I.A.T.
• Gamez, R. (1971). Turrialba 21: 22.
• Williams, R.J. (1976). Pl. Dis. Reptr 60: 853.

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.