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Maize stripe tenuivirus

Index

• Nomenclature
• Host range, transmission and symptoms
• Physical and biochemical properties
• Taxonomy and relationships
• Comments and References

Data collated by R.E. Gingery, 1984.

Nomenclature

Synonyms

maize chlorotic stripe virus (Autrey, 1983; Gingery and Autrey, 1984), maize hoja blanca virus (Gingery et al., 1979; Trujillo et al., 1974; Lastra and Carballo, 1985), sorghum chlorosis virus (Mendoza Robles, 1986; Peterschmitt et al., 1991).

Acronym

MSpV

ICTV decimal code

69.0.1.0.002

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist (chlorosis becomes progressively more severe).
• Rottboellia exaltata, Zea mays - stunting, chlorotic leaf striping and apical bending.
• Sorghum bicolor - chlorotic stripes and bands in leaves, little or no panicle forms, stunting.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Peregrinus maidis; Delphacidae. Transmitted in a persistent manner. Virus retained when the vector moults; multiplies in the vector; transmitted congenitally to the progeny of the vector (via eggs); not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; not transmitted by contact between plants; not transmitted by seed; not transmitted by pollen.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Australia, Botswana, Guadeloupe, India, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, the USA, and Venezuela.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Rottboellia exaltata, Zea mays - systemic chlorotic striping, apical bending.
• Sorghum bicolor - variable.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Avena sativa, Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Zea mays.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Zea mays (W).

Susceptible host species

• Hordeum vulgare
• Rottboellia exaltata
• Secale cereale
• Sorghum bicolor
• Zea mays

Insusceptible host species

• Avena sativa
• Chloris gayana
• Eleusine coracana
• Oryza sativa
• Saccharum officinarum
• Triticum aestivum

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (5/11)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Gramineae (6/11)

Sources of host-range data

Gingery et al. (1981); Greber (1981).

Purification method

Gingery et al. (1981).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions rhabdo- or bullet-shaped; Virions are flexuous filaments 3-4 nm wide, or spiral-shaped filaments formed from coils of the 3 nm filaments; not enveloped.

Physical properties

Usually four sedimenting components in purified preparations (sometimes more); sedimentation coefficient 187 S. Density 1.28 g cm^-3 in CsCl.

Biochemical properties

Virions contain 5.2 % nucleic acid (»0.3); 94.8 % protein; 0 % lipid.

Genome consists of RNA; single-stranded; linear. Total genome size 18.6 kb. Genome of five parts; largest (or only) genome part the largest 9.12 kb; the 2nd largest 3.58 kb; the 3rd largest 2.38 kb; the 4th largest 2.23 kb; the 5th largest 1.32 kb. Base composition 18.1 % G; 26.3 % A; 17.8 % C; 37.8 % U. Additional factor not required for infectivity.

NCBI sequence data (Entrez search)

Sequence database accession code(s)

• L13438 Em(40)_vi:MZSNCPNS4 Gb(84)_vi:MZSNCPNS4P Maize stripe virus noncapsid protein (NCP); nonstructural protein (NS4) genes. 5/93 2,227bp.
• L13446 Em(40)_vi:MZSNSRNA5 Gb(84)_vi:MZSNSRNA5P Maize stripe virus nonstructural protein RNA5, complete cds. 5/93 1,317bp.
• M57426 Em(40)_vi:MZSRNA3 Gb(84)_vi:MZSRNA3 Maize stripe virus RNA 3 nonstructural protein (NS-3) and nucleocapsid protein (N) genes, com
• M60181 Em(40)_vi:MZSMNCP Gb(84)_vi:MZSMNCP Maize stripe virus major noncapsid protein mRNA, complete cds. 2/91 720bp.
• S40180 Em(40)_un:S40180 Gb(84)_vi:S40180 RNA4: NCP=non-capsid protein, NS4=non-structural protein NS4 maize stripe virus MStV, Genomi
• S58504 Em(40)_vi:S58504 Gb(84)_vi:S58504 NS5=44.2 kda protein (RNA5) maize stripe virus MStV, Genomic RNA, 1317 nt. 1/94 1,317bp. 6 sequences.

Features of proteins

Virion protein(s) one; M_r 32700 (»500).

Virus-coded non-virion proteins isolated; one protein found. M_r 16500 (»300).

Cytopathology

Virions found in mesophyll and phloem; in cytoplasm. Inclusions present in infected cells; are unusual in shape; amorphous, semi-opaque, and filamentous electron dense laminated aggregates; they do not contain virions (apparently the filamentous electron dense inclusions contain non-capsid protein. No nucleoprotein has been shown in either type of inclusion). Other cellular changes: induction of smaller vacuoles and increasing amounts of electron dense cytoplasm after 4-5 weeks apparently due to the large volume of amorphous semi-opaque inclusions.

Taxonomy and relationships

Tenuivirus

Virus(es) with serologically related virions

Rice stripe virus is closely related; rice grassy stunt virus is distantly related.

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Rice hoja blanca and European wheat striate mosaic viruses.

Additional comments on relationships

The maize stripe virus reported from India (Raychaudhuri et al., 1977) is maize mosaic rhabdovirus (Sharma and Payak, 1983).

Comments and References

References

• Ammar, E.D., Gingery, R.E. and Nault, L.R. (1985). Phytopathology 75: 84.
• Autrey, L.J.C. (1983). Proc. Maize Virus Dis. Coll. and Wksh. 1982, p. 167.
• Capoor, S.P., Rao, D.G. and Varma, P.M. (1967). Ind. J. Agric. Sci. 38: 198.
• Falk, B.W. and Tsai, J.H. (1984). Phytopathology 74: 909.
• Gingery, R.E. (1985). CMI/AAB Descr. Pl. Viruses No. 300, 4 pp.
• Gingery, R.E. and Autrey, L.J.C. (1984). Maize Virus Dis. Newsl. 1: 49.
• Gingery, R.E., Nault, L.R. and Bradfute, O.E. (1981). Virology 112: 99.
• Gingery, R.E., Nault, L.R., Tsai, J.H. and Lastra, R.J. (1979). Pl. Dis. Reptr 63: 341.
• Gingery, R.E., Nault, L.R. and Yamashita, S. (1983). J. gen. Virol. 64: 1765.
• Gingery, R.E. (1983). Proc. Int. Maize Virus Dis. Coll. and Wksh., 1982; eds D.T. Gordon, J.K. Knoke, L.R. Nault and R.M. Ritter. Wooster, Ohio Agric. Res. and Dev. Center.
• Greber, R.S. (1981). Aust. J. agric. Res. 32: 27.
• Huiet, L., Klassen, V., Tsai, J.H. and Falk, B.W. (1991). Virology 182: 47.
• Huiet, L., Tsai, J.H. and Falk, B.W. (1992). J. gen. Virol. 73: 1603.
• Huiet, L., Tsai, J.H. and Falk, B.H. (1993). J. gen. Virol. 74: 459.
• Kulkarni, H.Y. (1973). Ann. appl. Biol. 75: 205.
• Lastra, R. and Carballo, O. (1985). Phytopath. Z. 144: 168.
• Mendoza Robles, J.L. (1986). Agric. Tecnica en Mexico 12: 313.
• Peterschmitt, M., Ratna, A.S., Sacks, W.R., Reddy, D.V.R. and Mughogho, L.K. (1991). Ann. appl. Biol. 118: 57.
• Raychaudhuri, S.P., Seth, M.L., Renfro and Varma, A. (1977). Proc. int. Maize Virus Dis. Colloq. Wksh., Wooster, Ohio, 1976: 186.
• Sharma, R.C. and Payak, M.M. (1983). Proc. int. Maize Virus Dis. Colloq. Wksh., Wooster, Ohio, 1982: 186.
• Storey, H.H. (1936). East Afr. Agric. J. 1: 333.
• Trujillo, G.E., Acosta, J.M. and Pinero, A. (1974). Pl. Dis. Reptr 58: 122.
• Tsai, J.H. (1975). Pl. Dis. Reptr 59: 830.
• Tsai, J.H. and Falk, B.W. (1988). In: Advances in Disease Vector Research, Vol. 5. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Illustrations

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.