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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Ryegrass bacilliform (?) nucleorhabdovirus

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

Synonyms

Lolium ryegrass virus.

Acronym

LoRV

ICTV decimal code

62.U.P.0.027

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Lolium spp. - probably symptomless, but may intensify the symptoms of ryegrass mosaic rymovirus.

Susceptible host species

• Lolium multiflorum × L. perenne
• Lolium perenne

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (2/2)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions rhabdo- or bullet-shaped; of 288 nm (in vivo), or 210 nm (for damaged virions found in negatively stained sap); 68 nm wide.

Cytopathology

Virions found in mesophyll within membrane bound vesicles; in the perinuclear space.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Nucleorhabdovirus: Rhabdoviridae

Comments and References

References

• Plumb, R.T. and James, M. (1975). Ann. appl. Biol. 80: 181.

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.