Plant Viruses
Online 
Descriptions and Lists from
the VIDE Database
Sweet clover
latent (?) nucleorhabdovirus
Index
Data collated by G.M. Milbrath, 1982. Revised 1984.
Nomenclature
Synonyms
Acronym
ICTV decimal code
Host range and symptoms
First reported
in Melilotus albus, M. officinalis; from Chicago, U.S.A; by Kitajima
et al. (1969).
Natural host range and symptoms
- Melilotus albus,
M. officinalis - no distinct symptoms, but often present with bean yellow
mosaic potyvirus in plants with leaf chlorosis.
Transmission
Virus transmitted by grafting.
Geographical distribution
Spreads in the USA. Found, but with
no evidence of spread, in Spain, the Netherlands and the U.S.A.
Experimental host range
Few (<3) families susceptible.
Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms
- Melilotus albus, M. officinalis - symptomless
infection.
Maintenance and propagation hosts
Melilotus
albus, M. officinalis.
Assay hosts (Local
lesions or Whole plants)
Susceptible host species
Families containing susceptible hosts
Physical and
biochemical properties
Properties of particles in sap
Leaf sap
contains few virions.
Particle morphology
Virions rhabdo- or
bullet-shaped; enveloped; of 250-300 nm; 80-100 nm wide.
Cytopathology
Virions found in vascular parenchyma in
sieve tubes and young tracheids; in mitochondria and in the perinuclear space.
Inclusions absent from infected cells.
Taxonomy and
relationships
Comments and
References
References
- Kitajima, E.W.,
Lauritis, J.A. and Swift, H. (1969). J. Ultrastruct. Res. 29: 141.
- Knudson, D.L. (1973). J. gen. Virol. 20: 105.
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: 20th August 1996.' URL
http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/
Dallwitz (1980)
and
Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993)
should also be cited.
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