Plant Viruses Online   

Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Known susceptibilities of Linaceae

Species tested:

Linum grandiflorum (syn. Linum rubrum)

Flowering flax

Linum usitatissimum (syn. Linum crepitans; Linum humile; Linum usitatissimum ssp. transitorium; Linum usitatissimum var. humile)

Flax; Linseed; Lino

Linum grandiflorum

Synonyms:

Linum rubrum

Common names:

Flowering flax

Susceptible to:
• Beet pseudo-yellows (?) closterovirus
• Oat blue dwarf marafivirus

Linum usitatissimum

Synonyms:

Linum crepitans; Linum humile; Linum usitatissimum ssp. transitorium; Linum usitatissimum var. humile

Common names:

Flax; Linseed; Lino

Susceptible to:
• Alfalfa mosaic alfamovirus
• Beet curly top hybrigeminivirus
• Beet pseudo-yellows (?) closterovirus
• Oat blue dwarf marafivirus
• Tobacco rattle tobravirus
Insusceptible to:
• Bean leaf roll luteovirus
• Beet western yellows luteovirus
• Chickpea distortion mosaic potyvirus
• Poinsettia mosaic (?) tymovirus
• Soybean dwarf luteovirus
• Subterranean clover red leaf luteovirus
• Subterranean clover stunt nanavirus
• Tobacco ringspot nepovirus

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.