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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Red clover 2 betacryptovirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1995.

Nomenclature

Synonyms

clover red cryptic 2 virus.

Acronym

RCCV-2

ICTV decimal code

49.0.4.0.004

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Trifolium pratense - symptomless.

Transmission

Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; not transmitted by grafting; transmitted by seed.

Susceptible host species

• Trifolium pratense

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1/1)

Purification method

Boccardo et al. (1983).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions isometric; 38 nm in diameter.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of RNA; double-stranded.

Taxonomy and relationships

Betacryptovirus: Partitiviridae

Comments and References

References

• Boccardo, G., Lisa, V. and Milne, R.G. (1983). In: Double-stranded RNA Viruses p. 425; eds R.W. Compans and D.H.L. Bishop. Elsevier, New York.
• Boccardo, G., Lisa, V., Luisoni, E. and Milne, R.G. (1987). Adv. Virus Res. 32: 171.

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.