Plant Viruses Online   

Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Negro coffee mosaic (?) potexvirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1990.

Nomenclature

Synonyms

coffee Negro mosaic virus.

Acronym

NeCMV

ICTV decimal code

56.0.1.T.012

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Cassia occidentalis - mosaic on leaves.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Aphis solanella.; Aphididae.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in India.

Susceptible host species

• Cassia occidentalis

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions filamentous; with a clear modal length; of 550-580 nm.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Potexvirus

Comments and References

References

• Verma, V.S. and Niazi, F.R. (1974). Z. PflKrankh. PflPath. PflSchutz. 81: 608.

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.