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White clover 3 alphacryptovirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1991.

Nomenclature

Synonyms

red clover cryptic virus 3.

Acronym

WCCV-3

ICTV decimal code

49.0.3.0.017

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Trifolium repens - symptomless infection.

Transmission

Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation; not transmitted by grafting; transmitted by seed.

Geographical distribution

Found, but with no evidence of spread, in Japan.

Susceptible host species

• Trifolium repens

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions isometric; not enveloped; 30 nm in diameter; rounded in profile.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of RNA; double-stranded. Total genome size 7.1 kb (pairs). Genome of two parts; largest (or only) genome part the larger 3.9 kb (pairs); the 2nd largest 3.2 kb (pairs).

Taxonomy and relationships

Alphacryptovirus: Partitiviridae

Comments and References

General comments

White clover temperate virus (Natsuaki et al., 1984) is a mixture of white clover cryptic viruses 1, 2 and 3 (Natsuaki et al., 1986).

References

• Boccardo, G., Lisa, V., Luisoni, E. and Milne, R.G. (1987). Adv. Virus Res. 32: 171.
• Boccardo, G., Milne, R.G., Luisoni, E., Lisa, V. and Accotto, G.P. (1985). Virology 147: 29.
• Natsuaki, K.T., Natsuaki, T., Okuda, S., Teranaka, M., Yamashita, S. and Doi, Y. (1984). J. agric. Sci., Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 29: 49.
• Natsuaki, T., Natsuaki, K.T., Okuda, S., Teranaka, M., Milne, R.G., Boccardo, G. and Luisoni, E. (1986). Intervirology 25: 69.

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.