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Sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt and B.E.L. Lockhart, 1988.

Nomenclature

Acronym

SCBV

ICTV decimal code

07.0.1.0.011

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Saccharum officinarum - no conspicuous symptoms.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Cuba, Morocco, and the USA (Florida and Hawaii).

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Saccharum officinarum (clone CP 44-101) - symptomless systemic infection.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Chenopodium quinoa, Nicotiana benthamiana, N. glutinosa, Sorghum halepense, Zea mays.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Saccharum officinarum.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Saccharum officinarum (clone CP 44-101) (W).

Susceptible host species

• Saccharum officinarum

Insusceptible host species

• Avena sativa
• Chenopodium quinoa
• Hordeum vulgare
• Nicotiana benthamiana
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Sorghum halepense
• Triticum aestivum
• Zea mays

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (1/6)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Chenopodiaceae (1/1)
• Gramineae (5/6)
• Solanaceae (2/2)

Sources of host-range data

Lockhart and Autry (1988).

Purification method

Lockhart and Autry (1988).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions bacilliform; not enveloped; 131 nm in length; 31 nm wide.

NCBI sequence data (Entrez search)

Sequence database accession code(s)

• M89923 Em(40)_vi:SBVORFS Gb(84)_vi:SBVORFS Sugarcane bacilliform virus ORF 1,2,and 3 DNA, complete cds. 3/93 7,568bp. 1 sequence.

Taxonomy and relationships

Badnavirus

Virus(es) with serologically related virions

Banana streak badnavirus.

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Cacao swollen shoot, commelina yellow mottle virus, kalanchoe top spotting, yam bacilliform, rice tungro and canna yellow mottle `commelina yellow mottle viruses'.

Additional comments on relationships

The virus is serologically closely related to banana streak badnavirus, but is probably distinct.

Comments and References

References

• Bouhida, M., Lockhart, B.E.L. and Olszewski, N.E. (1993). J. gen. Virol. 74: 15.
• Lockhart, B.E.L. and Autry, L.J.C. (1988). Plant Dis. 72: 230.

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.