Plant Viruses Online   

Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Known susceptibilities of Urticaceae

Species tested:

Laportea aestuans

Parietaria officinalis

Pellitory-of-the-wall

Urtica californica

Urtica dioica

European nettle; Stinging nettle

Urtica pilulifera

Urtica urens

Dog nettle; Burning nettle; Ortiga

Laportea aestuans

Susceptible to:
• Cassava African mosaic bigeminivirus

Parietaria officinalis

Common names:

Pellitory-of-the-wall

Susceptible to:
• Parietaria mottle ilarvirus

Urtica californica

Susceptible to:
• Beet pseudo-yellows (?) closterovirus

Urtica dioica

Common names:

European nettle; Stinging nettle

Susceptible to:
• Arabis mosaic nepovirus
• Strawberry latent ringspot (?) nepovirus

Urtica pilulifera

Insusceptible to:
• Heracleum latent trichovirus

Urtica urens

Common names:

Dog nettle; Burning nettle; Ortiga

Susceptible to:
• Arabis mosaic nepovirus
• Hop mosaic carlavirus

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.