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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Plantain 8 (?) carlavirus

Index

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

Data collated by J. Hammond, 1991.

Nomenclature

Acronym

PlV-8

ICTV decimal code

14.0.T.1.026

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms none.
• Plantago lanceolata - occurs only with other viruses, but alone possibly causes no conspicuous symptoms.

Transmission

Presumably transmitted by aphids. Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in the UK. Found, but with no evidence of spread, in England (Cambridge).

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Cucumis sativus, Plantago lanceolata - symptomless.

Susceptible host species

• Cucumis sativus
• Plantago lanceolata

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Cucurbitaceae (1/1)
• Plantaginaceae (1/1)

Sources of host-range data

Hammond (1980).

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

Leaf sap contains few virions.

Particle morphology

Virions filamentous; not enveloped; usually flexuous; with a clear modal length; of 600-640 nm; 13 nm wide. Axial canal obscure. Basic helix obscure.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Carlavirus

Comments and References

References

• Hammond, J. (1980). Ph.D. Thesis, University East Anglia, U.K..
• Hammond, J. (1981). Pl. Path. 30: 237.

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.