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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Potato 14R (?) tobamovirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt and S. Molyneux, 1986.

Nomenclature

ICTV decimal code

71.0.1.T.DE.2

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena × S. tuberosum ssp. tuberosum - yellowish mosaic on leaves.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Peru.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. quinoa - systemic necrotic rings and line patterns.
• Chenopodium ambrosioides - faint systemic mosaic.
• Nicotiana debneyi, N. tabacum cv. Turkish - necrotic rings.
• Nicotiana benthamiana, N. glutinosa, N. occidentalis - necrotic local lesions.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Trifolium incarnatum, Capsicum annuum, Ocimum basilicum.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Chenopodium amaranticolor (L), Nicotiana glutinosa (L).

Susceptible host species

• Amaranthus caudatus
• Beta vulgaris
• Catharanthus roseus
• Chenopodium album
• Chenopodium amaranticolor
• Chenopodium ambrosioides
• Chenopodium capitatum
• Chenopodium foliosum
• Chenopodium murale
• Chenopodium quinoa
• Cucumis sativus
• Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
• Datura stramonium
• Datura tatula
• Gomphrena globosa
• Lycopersicon chilense
• Lycopersicon esculentum
• Nicotiana benthamiana
• Nicotiana clevelandii
• Nicotiana debneyi
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Nicotiana occidentalis
• Nicotiana rustica
• Nicotiana tabacum
• Petunia × hybrida
• Phaseolus vulgaris
• Physalis floridana
• Pisum sativum
• Sesbania exaltata
• Solanum melongena
• Solanum tuberosum
• Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena × S. tuberosum ssp. tuberosum
• Spinacia oleracea
• Tetragonia tetragonioides
• Vicia faba
• Vigna unguiculata

Insusceptible host species

• Brassica campestris ssp. rapa
• Capsicum annuum
• Lactuca sativa
• Ocimum basilicum
• Trifolium incarnatum
• Trifolium repens
• Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica
• Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Amaranthaceae (2/2)
• Apocynaceae (1/1)
• Chenopodiaceae (9/9)
• Cucurbitaceae (1/1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (6/10)
• Solanaceae (16/17)
• Tetragoniaceae (1/1)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Compositae (1/1)
• Cruciferae (1/1)
• Labiatae (1/1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (4/10)
• Solanaceae (1/17)

Sources of host-range data

Salazar (1977).

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

TIP: 95 °C. LIV: more than 64 days. DEP: log₁₀ minus 6-7.

Purification method

Salazar (1978).

Particle morphology

Virions rod-shaped; with a clear modal length; of 300 nm; 16.4-18.2 nm wide. Axial canal obvious.

Physical properties

One sedimenting component in purified preparations; sedimentation coefficient 180 S.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of RNA; single-stranded. Total genome size 6.5 kb. Genome unipartite; largest (or only) genome part 6.5 kb.

Features of proteins

Virion protein(s) one; M_r 19400; coat protein.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Tobamovirus

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Tobacco mosaic and sunn-hemp mosaic viruses.

Comments and References

References

• Salazar, L.F. (1977). Ph.D. Thesis, Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland.

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.