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Hybrigeminiviruses: Geminiviridae

Index

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

Nomenclature

ICTV reference

ICTV decimal code 29.0.2.

Definitive species

• Beet curly top hybrigeminivirus

Tentative species

• Tomato pseudo curly top (?) hybrigeminivirus

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist (1/1).

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Cicadellidae (1), or Membracidae (1). Transmitted in a semi-persistent manner (1), or in a persistent manner (1). Virus retained when the vector moults; does not multiply in the vector (1/1); not transmitted congenitally to the progeny of the vector (1/1); not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by grafting (1/1); not transmitted by seed.

Experimental host range

Many (>9) families susceptible (1), or several (3-9) families susceptible (1).

Susceptible host species

• Abelmoschus esculentus (1)
• Amaranthus caudatus (1)
• Amaranthus retroflexus (1)
• Ambrosia (1)
• Apium graveolens (1)
• Atriplex hortensis (1)
• Bellis perennis (1)
• Beta macrocarpa (1)
• Beta patellaris (1)
• Beta vulgaris (1)
• Brassica campestris ssp. rapa (1)
• Calendula officinalis (1)
• Capsella bursa-pastoris (1)
• Capsicum frutescens (1)
• Catharanthus roseus (1)
• Chenopodium album (1)
• Chenopodium amaranticolor (1)
• Chenopodium capitatum (1)
• Chenopodium murale (1)
• Cicer arietinum (1)
• Citrullus lanatus (1)
• Coriandrum sativum (1)
• Cucumis sativus (1)
• Cucurbita maxima (1)
• Cucurbita moschata (1)
• Cucurbita pepo (1)
• Cucurbitaceae (1)
• Datura stramonium (1)
• Dianthus barbatus (1)
• Dianthus caryophyllus (1)
• Euphorbia marginata (1)
• Fagopyrum esculentum (1)
• Gomphrena globosa (1)
• Gossypium hirsutum (1)
• Ipomoea setosa (1)
• Lactuca sativa
• Lathyrus odoratus (1)
• Linum usitatissimum (1)
• Lycopersicon esculentum
• Matthiola incana (1)
• Medicago hispida (1)
• Medicago sativa (1)
• Melilotus albus (1)
• Nicotiana benthamiana (1)
• Nicotiana bigelovii (1)
• Nicotiana clevelandii (1)
• Nicotiana debneyi (1)
• Nicotiana glutinosa
• Nicotiana rustica (1)
• Nicotiana sylvestris (1)
• Nicotiana tabacum (1)
• Nicotiana × edwardsonii (1)
• Papaver nudicaule (1)
• Petunia × hybrida (1)
• Phaseolus vulgaris (1)
• Phlox drummondii (1)
• Physalis floridana (1)
• Physalis peruviana (1)
• Phytolacca americana (1)
• Pisum sativum (1)
• Raphanus sativus (1)
• Ricinus communis (1)
• Salvia splendens (1)
• Senecio vulgaris (1)
• Solanum demissum (1)
• Solanum melongena
• Solanum nigrum
• Solanum tuberosum (1)
• Spinacia oleracea (1)
• Stellaria media (1)
• Trifolium hybridum (1)
• Trifolium incarnatum (1)
• Trifolium pratense (1)
• Trifolium repens (1)
• Tropaeolum majus (1)
• Vicia faba (1)
• Vicia sativa (1)
• Vicia villosa (1)
• Vigna angularis (1)
• Vigna unguiculata (1)
• Viola cornuta (1)
• Zinnia elegans (1)

Insusceptible host species

• Beta vulgaris (1)
• Capsicum annuum (1)
• Catharanthus roseus (1)
• Celosia argentea (1)
• Chenopodium ambrosioides (1)
• Cucumis sativus (1)
• Cucurbita pepo (1)
• Datura stramonium (1)
• Gomphrena globosa (1)
• Lycopersicon esculentum (1)
• Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium (1)
• Nicotiana tabacum (1)
• Petunia × hybrida (1)
• Phaseolus lunatus (1)
• Phaseolus vulgaris (1)
• Physalis floridana (1)
• Solanum melongena (1)
• Solanum tuberosum (1)
• Sonchus oleraceus (1)
• Zinnia elegans (1)

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Amaranthaceae (1)
• Apocynaceae (1)
• Caryophyllaceae (1)
• Chenopodiaceae (1)
• Compositae
• Convolvulaceae (1)
• Cruciferae (1)
• Cucurbitaceae (1)
• Euphorbiaceae (1)
• Labiatae (1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1)
• Linaceae (1)
• Malvaceae (1)
• Papaveraceae (1)
• Phytolaccaceae (1)
• Polemoniaceae (1)
• Polygonaceae (1)
• Solanaceae
• Tropaeolaceae (1)
• Umbelliferae (1)
• Violaceae (1)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Amaranthaceae
• Apocynaceae (1)
• Chenopodiaceae (1)
• Compositae
• Cucurbitaceae (1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae
• Solanaceae

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

TIP: 80 °C. LIV: 8 days. DEP: log₁₀ minus 3 (1/1). Leaf sap contains few virions (1/1).

Particle morphology

Virions geminate; not enveloped; 18-20-22 nm in diameter; rounded in profile (1/1).

Physical properties

One sedimenting component in purified preparations (1/1), or two sedimenting components in purified preparations (1/1); sedimentation coefficient 82 S; of the other(s) 55-70.5-86 S.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of DNA; single-stranded; circular. Total genome size 2.8 kb. Genome unipartite (1/1); largest (or only) genome part 2.8 kb.

NCBI sequence data (Entrez search)

Cytopathology

Virions found in nuclei. Inclusions present in infected cells (1/1); are viroplasms (1/1), or unusual in shape (1/1); they contain virions (1/1).

Taxonomy and relationships

Viral family : Geminiviridae.

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.