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Rhynchosia mosaic bigeminivirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1990.

Nomenclature

Acronym

RhMV

ICTV decimal code

29.0.3.0.032

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Rhynchosia minima - leaf chlorosis and curling.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Bemisia tabaci; Aleyrodidae. Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation (with difficulty from Phaseolus vulgaris to Glycine max (Jilke and Utermohlen, 1986)).

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Phaseolus vulgaris, Macroptilium lathyroides, Canavalia ensiformis, Cajanus cajan, Nicotiana glutinosa, N. tabacum, Abelmoschus esculentus, Gossypium hirsutum - leaf curling and chlorosis.
• Glycine max cv. Williams - yellow-green mosaic and stunting.

Susceptible host species

• Abelmoschus esculentus
• Cajanus cajan
• Canavalia ensiformis
• Glycine max (cv. Williams)
• Gossypium hirsutum
• Macroptilium lathyroides
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Nicotiana tabacum
• Phaseolus vulgaris
• Rhynchosia minima

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Cyperaceae (1/1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (5/5)
• Malvaceae (2/2)
• Solanaceae (2/2)

Physical and biochemical properties

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of DNA; single-stranded.

Taxonomy and relationships

bigeminivirus: Geminiviridae

Comments and References

References

• Bird, J. (1962). Phytopathology 52: 286.
• Bird, J. and Maramorosch, K. (1978). Adv. Virus Res. 22: 55.
• Bird, J. and Sanchez, J. (1971). J. agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 55: 461.
• Bird, J., Sanchez, J., Rodriguez, R.L. and Julia, F.J. (1975). In: Tropical Diseases of Legumes, p. 3; ed. J. Bird and K. Maramorosch. Academic Press, New York.
• Jilke, J.M. and Utermohlen, J.G. (1986). Phytopathology 76: 1073.

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.