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Panicum streak monogeminivirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1995.

Nomenclature

Synonyms

Panicum strain of maize streak virus (Bock et al., 1974; Pinner and Markham, 1990).

Acronym

PanSV

ICTV decimal code

29.0.1.0.008

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Panicum maximum - chlorotic leaf streaking.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Cicadulina mbila; Cicadellidae. Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in the African region; Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda.

Susceptible host species

• Panicum maximum

Insusceptible host species

• Saccharum officinarum
• Zea mays

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (1/3)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Gramineae (2/3)

Purification method

Briddon et al. (1992).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions geminate; 20 nm in diameter; 30 nm in length.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of DNA; single-stranded.

NCBI sequence data (Entrez search)

Sequence database accession code(s)

• X60168 Em(40)_vi:PSGIITDNA Gb(84)_vi:PSGIITDNA Panicum streak geminivirus infectious insect_transmissible DNA. 6/92 2,700bp.
• L39638 Em(43)_vi:Parpakcg Gb(89)_vi:Pakcg Panicum streak virus (clone pKom100) complete genome. 3/95 2,705bp.

Features of the genome

Features of the genome: 5 ORFs.

Taxonomy and relationships

monogeminivirus: Geminiviridae

Virus(es) with serologically related virions

Maize streak and sugarcane streak viruses.

Additional comments on relationships

The coat protein has clear sequence homologies (46-82% identity) with those of other monogeminiviruses.

Comments and References

References

• Briddon, R.W., Luness, P. Chamberlin, L.C.L., Pinner, M.S., Brandish, H. and Markham, P.G. (1992). J. gen. Virol. 73: 1041.
• Bock, K.R., Guthrie, E.J. and Woods, R.D. (1974). Ann. appl. Biol. 77: 289.
• Pinner, M.S. and Markham, P.G. (1990). J. gen. Virol. 71: 1635.
• Pinner, M.S., Markham, P.G., Markham, R.H. and Dekker, E.L. (1988). Pl. Path. 37: 74.
• Storey, H.H. and McLean, A.P.D. (1930). Ann. appl. Biol. 17: 691.

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.