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Wheat European striate mosaic (?) tenuivirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1992.

Nomenclature

Synonyms

European wheat striate mosaic virus, oat striate and red disease virus (Lindsten, 1961).

Acronym

EWSMV

ICTV decimal code

69.0.1.T.007

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Lolium perenne, Triticum aestivum - chlorotic spotting and streaking of leaves, general chlorosis, stunting and death of plants.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Javesella pellucida, J. dubia, J. obscurella; Delphacidae. Transmitted in a persistent manner. Virus multiplies in the vector; transmitted congenitally to the progeny of the vector; not transmitted by mechanical inoculation.

Ecology and control

Studies reported by Ammar (1975); Lindsten (1979).

Geographical distribution

Spreads in the former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Avena sativa, Hordeum vulgare, Lolium multiflorum, L. perenne, Secale cereale, Triticum aestivum - chlorotic spotting and fine chlorotic streaking of leaves, general chlorosis.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Avena sativa, Hordeum vulgare, Secale cereale, Triticum aestivum.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Triticum aestivum (W).

Susceptible host species

• Avena sativa
• Hordeum vulgare
• Lolium multiflorum
• Lolium perenne
• Secale cereale
• Triticum aestivum

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (6/6)

Sources of host-range data

Slykhuis and Watson (1958); Ikäheimo (1964); Vacke and Prusa (1961).

Purification method

Serjeant (1967).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions filamentous; not enveloped; usually flexuous; with no clear modal length; 3 nm wide.

Physical properties

One sedimenting component in purified preparations; sedimentation coefficient less than 178 S.

Cytopathology

Virions found in leaves; in cytoplasm. Inclusions present in infected cells; are crystals in the cytoplasm; they do not contain virions.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Tenuivirus

Comments and References

References

• Ammar, E.-D. (1974). Riv. Patol. Veg. 10: 143.
• Ammar, E.-D. (1975). Ann. appl. Biol. 79: 195.
• Ammar, E.-D. (1975). Ann. appl. Biol. 79: 203.
• Brcak, J. (1979). In: Leafhopper Vectors and Plant Disease Agents, p. 97; eds K. Maramorosch and K.F. Harris. Academic Press, New York.
• Gingery, R.E. and Plumb, R. (1988). In: The Plant Viruses, Vol. 4, The Filamentous Viruses, p. 297; ed. R.G. Milne. Plenum Press, New York.
• Ikäheimo, K. (1964). Ann. Phytopath. Fenniae 3: 133.
• Lindsten, K. (1961). Ann. Roy. agric. College, Sweden 27: 199.
• Lindsten, K. (1979). In: Leafhopper Vectors and Plant Disease Agents, p. 155; eds K. Maramorosch and K.F. Harris. Plenum Press, New York.
• Nuorteva, P. (1965). Zool. Beitr. (N.F.) 11: 191.
• Serjeant, E.P. (1967). Ann. appl. Biol. 59: 39.
• Slykhuis, J.T. and Watson, M.A. (1958). Ann. appl. Biol. 46: 542.
• Vacke, J. and Prusa, V. (1961). Biol. Plant 3: 277.
• Watson, M.A. and Sinha, R.C. (1959). Virology 8: 139.

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.