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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Melon leaf curl bigeminivirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, S. Molyneux and J.E. Duffus, 1986.

Nomenclature

Acronym

MLCV.

ICTV decimal code

29.0.3.0.024

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist.
• Cucumis melo - leaf curling and chlorosis.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Bemisia tabaci; Aleyrodidae. Transmitted in a non-persistent manner. Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Ecology and control

Studies reported by Duffus et al. (1985).

Geographical distribution

Spreads in the USA (California).

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Cucumis melo, Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis sativus, Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita moschata, Phaseolus vulgaris - chlorosis and leaf malformation.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Cucumis melo, Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis sativus (non hosts of similar squash leaf curl virus).

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Cucumis melo (W), Citrullus lanatus (W), Cucumis sativus (W).

Susceptible host species

• Citrullus lanatus
• Cucumis melo
• Cucumis sativus
• Cucurbita maxima
• Cucurbita moschata
• Phaseolus vulgaris

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Cucurbitaceae (5/5)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions geminate; 22 nm in length.

Taxonomy and relationships

bigeminivirus: Geminiviridae

Virus(es) with serologically related virions

Squash leaf curl virus (by ELISA but not agar gel diffusion tests).

Comments and References

References

• Duffus, J.E., Liu, H.Y. and Johns, M.R. (1985). Phytopathology 75: 1312.

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.