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Pepper mild mosaic (?) potyvirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1989.

Nomenclature

Acronym

PMMsV (PMMV)

ICTV decimal code

57.0.1.T.068

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Capsicum annuum - chlorotic vein-banding and mosaic leaf symptoms in cultivars resistant to potato Y and tobacco etch potyviruses in Venezuela (Debrot et al., 1980).

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Venezuela.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Capsicum annuum, Nicotiana glutinosa, N. tabacum - systemic leaf chlorosis.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Nicotiana glutinosa (W) (Ladera et al., 1982).

Susceptible host species

• Capsicum annuum
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Nicotiana tabacum

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Solanaceae (3/3)

Purification method

Ladera et al. (1982).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions filamentous; with a clear modal length; of c. 750 nm.

Physical properties

Density 1.325 g cm^-3 in CsCl.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of RNA; single-stranded.

Features of proteins

Virion protein(s) one; M_r 29000; capsid protein.

Cytopathology

Inclusions present in infected cells; are pinwheels.

Taxonomy and relationships

unassigned potyvirus

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Potato Y and tobacco etch viruses (Salas et al., 1972).

Comments and References

References

• Debrot, E.A., Lastra, R. and Ladera, P. (1980). Trop. Agron.
• Ladera, P., Lastra, R. and Debrot, E.A. (1982). Phytopath. Z. 104: 97.
• Salas, G., Arcia, A. and Malaguti, G. (1972). Trop. Agron. 12: 45.

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.