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Sorghum chlorotic spot furovirus

Index

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

Data collated by T.L. Kendall and W.G. Langenberg, 1990.

Nomenclature

Acronym

SgCSV

ICTV decimal code

27.0.1.0.006

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Sorghum bicolor - elongated, concentric chlorotic spots.

Transmission

A fungal vector is suspected. Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Geographical distribution

Found, but with no evidence of spread, in Kansas, but not reported from other states in the U.S.A.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Chenopodium amaranticolor - chlorotic local lesions.
• C. quinoa - ringspots.
• Zea mays - elongated chlorotic spots.
• Nicotiana clevelandii - yellowing and necrotic local lesions.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Zea mays.

Susceptible host species

• Chenopodium amaranticolor
• Chenopodium quinoa
• Nicotiana clevelandii
• Sorghum bicolor
• Zea mays

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Chenopodiaceae (2/2)
• Gramineae (2/2)
• Solanaceae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

Leaf sap contains many virions.

Purification method

Kendall et al. (1988).

Particle morphology

Virions rod-shaped; usually straight; with a clear modal length; of 140 and 260 nm; 20 nm wide. Axial canal obvious.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of RNA; single-stranded. Total genome size 9.7 kb. Genome of two parts; largest (or only) genome part 6.2 kb; the 2nd largest 3.5 kb. Poly A region absent.

Features of the genome

Non-genomic nucleic acid not found in the virions.

Features of proteins

Virion protein(s) one; M_r 20500; capsid protein.

Taxonomy and relationships

Furovirus

Virus(es) with serologically related virions

Wheat soil borne mosaic virus.

Comments and References

References

• Kendall, T.L. and Lommel, S.A. (1988). In: Viruses with Fungal Vectors; eds Cooper and Asher. Association of Applied Biologists.
• Kendall, T.L., Langenberg, W.G. and Lommel, S.A. (1988). J. gen. Virol. 69: 2335.
• Langenberg, W.G., Lommel, S.A. and Purcifull, D.E. (1989). J. Ultrastruct. Mol. Struct. Res. 102: 47.

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.