Plant Viruses
Online 
Descriptions and Lists from
the VIDE Database
Lucerne enation
(?) nucleorhabdovirus
Index
Data collated by P.A. Signoret, B.C. Alliot, 1981.
Nomenclature
Acronym
ICTV decimal code
Host range and symptoms
First reported
in Medicago sativa; from France; by Alliot et al. (1972); Leclant
et al. (1973).
Natural host range and symptoms
Symptoms persist.
- Medicago sativa, Vicia faba - enations on main leaf veins.
Transmission
Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Aphis
craccivora; Aphididae. Transmitted in a persistent manner. Virus transmitted
by grafting; not transmitted by seed; not transmitted by pollen.
Geographical distribution
Spreads in France (the south and
the Mediterranean). Found, but with no evidence of spread, in Morocco, Spain,
Italy, Yugoslavia, Romania.
Experimental host range
Few (<3) families susceptible.
Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms
- Vicia faba - stem enations.
Susceptible host
species
Families containing susceptible hosts
Physical and biochemical properties
Particle morphology
Virions rhabdo- or
bullet-shaped; enveloped; of 250 nm; 82-89 nm wide.
Cytopathology
Virions found in phloem; in the perinuclear
space. Inclusions absent from infected cells.
Taxonomy and
relationships
Comments and
References
References
- Alliot, B. and Signoret,
P.A. (1972). Phytopath. Z. 74: 69.
- Alliot, B., Giannotti, J.
and Signoret, P.A. (1972). C. r. Acad. Sci. Paris 274: 1974.
- Leclant, F., Alliot, B. and Signoret, P.A. (1973). Annls. Phytop.
5(4): 441.
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: 20th August 1996.' URL
http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/
Dallwitz (1980)
and
Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993)
should also be cited.
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