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Cynodon chlorotic streak nucleorhabdovirus

Index

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

Data collated by A.A. Brunt and B.E. Lockhart, 1989.

Nomenclature

ICTV decimal code

62.0.5.DE.01

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist.
• Cynodon dactylon, Zea mays - chlorotic streaking.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Toya propinqua; Delphacidae. Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; not transmitted by contact between plants.

Ecology and control

Studies reported by Lockhart et al. (1985).

Geographical distribution

Spreads in France, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Cynodon dactylon, Zea mays - chlorotic streaking.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Cynodon dactylon, Zea mays.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Cynodon dactylon (W), Zea mays (W).

Susceptible host species

• Cynodon dactylon
• Zea mays

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (2/2)

Sources of host-range data

Lockhart et al. (1985).

Purification method

Lockhart et al. (1985).

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions rhabdo- or bullet-shaped; enveloped; usually straight; with a clear modal length; of 240 nm (in sap), or 280 nm (in thin sections); 72 nm wide (in sap), or 80 nm wide (in thin sections). Axial canal obvious.

Cytopathology

Virions found in leaves and roots; in the perinuclear space.

Taxonomy and relationships

Nucleorhabdovirus: Rhabdoviridae

Virus(es) with serologically unrelated virions

Maize mosaic, cereal chlorotic mottle, maize sterile stunt, barley yellow striate mosaic and festuca leaf streak viruses.

Comments and References

References

• Izadpanah, K. (1989). Proc. 9th Pl. Prot. Congr. Iran, p. 161. Ferdowsi Univ., Mashad, Iran.
• Lockhart, B.E. and Elyamani, M. (1982). In: Proc. Int. Maize Virus Dis. Colloq. and Wksh.; eds D.T. Gordon, J.K. Knocke, L.R. Nault and R.M. Ritter. Ohio Agric. Res. and Dev. Centre, Wooster, 261 pp.
• Lockhart, B.E., Kharless, N., El Maataoui, M. and Lastra, R. (1985). Phytopathology 75: 1094.

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.