Plant Viruses
Online 
Descriptions and Lists from
the VIDE Database
Passionfruit (?)
nucleorhabdovirus
Index
Data collated by R.D. Pares and A.B. Martin, 1986.
Nomenclature
ICTV decimal code
Host range and symptoms
First reported
in Passiflora edulis; from Sydney, Australia; by Pares et al.
(1983).
Natural host range and symptoms
- Passiflora
edulis - very severe mosaic, rugosity and leaf malformation in mixed
infections with passionfruit woodiness virus.
Transmission
Virus transmitted by grafting.
Ecology and control
Studies reported by Pares and Martin
(1984).
Geographical distribution
Spreads in Australia (New
South Wales in garden plants, but not in passionfruit crops).
Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms
- Passiflora edulis - graft-transmission to seedlings.
Susceptible host species
Families containing susceptible hosts
Physical and
biochemical properties
Properties of particles in sap
Electron
microscopy: stain with 2% AM.
Particle morphology
Virions rhabdo- or
bullet-shaped; enveloped; with a clear modal length; of 250 nm; 68 nm wide.
Axial canal obscure.
Cytopathology
Virions found in mesophyll; in cytoplasm,
in nuclei, and in the perinuclear space.
Taxonomy and
relationships
Additional comments on relationships
It is not known if this is related to Brazilian passionfruit
vein-clearing rhabdovirus.
Comments and
References
References
- Pares, R.D. and Martin,
A.B. (1984). N.S.W. Dep. Agric., Biology Branch Pl. Dis. Surv.
1982-1983, p. 22.
- Pares, R.D., Martin, A.B. and Morrison, W. (1983).
Australas. Pl. Path. 12: 51.
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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