Plant Viruses
Online 
Descriptions and Lists from
the VIDE Database
Potato yellow
mosaic bigeminivirus
Index
Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1987.
Nomenclature
Acronym
ICTV decimal code
Host range and symptoms
First reported
in Solanum tuberosum ssp. tuberosum; from the U.K. isolated from
material from Venezuela; by Roberts et al. (1986).
Natural host range and symptoms
Symptoms persist.
- Solanum tuberosum ssp. tuberosum - bright yellow
mosaic, leaf malformation, stunting.
Transmission
Transmitted by a vector; an insect;
Bemisia tabaci; Aleyrodidae. Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation;
transmitted by grafting.
Geographical distribution
Experimental host range
Several (3-9) families
susceptible.
Diagnostically susceptible host species and
symptoms
- Lycopersicon esculentum, Nicotiana spp.,
Petunia × hybrida - systemic leaf chlorosis.
Susceptible
host species
Families containing susceptible hosts
Physical and biochemical properties
Particle morphology
Biochemical properties
Genome consists of DNA;
single-stranded; circular.
Sequence database accession code(s)
- D00940
Em(40)_vi:UVA Gb(84)_vi:PYVVA Potato yellow mosaic virus (PYMV) DNA A, complete
sequence. 6/94 2,593bp.
- D00941 Em(40)_un:UVB Gb(84)_vi:PYVVB Potato yellow
mosaic virus (PYMV) DNA B, complete sequence. 6/94 2,547bp. 2 sequences.
Taxonomy and
relationships
Comments and
References
References
- Roberts, E.J.F., Buck,
K.W. and Coutts, R.H.A. (1986). Plant Dis. 70: 603.
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.
Please send comments, corrections and suggestions to:
vide-manager@biology.anu.edu.au