Plant Viruses
Online 
Descriptions and Lists from
the VIDE Database
Tropaeolum 1
potyvirus
Index
Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1990.
Nomenclature
Synonyms
Acronym
ICTV decimal code
Host range and symptoms
First reported
in Tropaeolum tuberosum; from material imported to U.K. from Peru; by
A.A. Brunt and R.S. Phillips, unpublished information.
Natural host range and symptoms
- Tropaeolum
tuberosum - leaf chlorosis.
Transmission
Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Myzus
persicae; Aphididae. Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation; not
transmitted by seed.
Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms
- Nicotiana benthamiana, N. clevelandii and N.
megalosiphon - chlorotic local lesions; systemic leaf chlorosis.
Susceptible host species
Families containing susceptible hosts
Physical and biochemical properties
Particle morphology
Virions filamentous; with a clear
modal length; of c. 750 nm.
Taxonomy and
relationships
Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions
Additional comments on relationships
It is not yet known if the virus is related to a potyvirus isolated
from Tropaeolum tuberosum in Bolivia (Delhey and Monasterios, 1977).
Comments and
References
General comments
Tropaeolum potyviruses
1 and 2 frequently occur as a mixture, isanu mosaic virus, in Tropaeolum
tuberosum.
References
- Delhey, R. and Monasterios, T. (1977).
Z. PflKrankh. PflPath. PflSchutz. 84: 224.
- Mathu, R.W. (1987).
M.Sc. Thesis, pp. 91, University of London, U.K.
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.
Please send comments, corrections and suggestions to:
vide-manager@biology.anu.edu.au