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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Rhubarb temperate (?) alphacryptovirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1991.

Nomenclature

Acronym

RTV

ICTV decimal code

49.0.3.T.009

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Rheum rhaponticum - symptomless.

Transmission

Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by seed.

Geographical distribution

Found, but with no evidence of spread, in Japan.

Susceptible host species

• Rheum rhaponticum

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Polygonaceae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions isometric; not enveloped; 30 nm in diameter.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Alphacryptovirus: Partitiviridae

Comments and References

References

• Boccardo, G., Lisa, V., Luisoni, E. and Milne, R.G. (1987). Adv. Virus Res. 32: 171.
• Natsuaki, T., Yamashita, S., Doi, Y., Okuda, S. and Teranaka, M. (1983). Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan 49: 593.
• Natsuaki, T., Natsuaki, K.T., Okuda, S., Teranaka, M., Milne, R.G., Boccardo, G. and Luisoni, E. (1986). Intervirology 25: 69.

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.