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Phleum green stripe (?) tenuivirus

Index

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

Data collated by K. Bremer, 1991.

Nomenclature

ICTV decimal code

69.0.1.T.DE.4

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Phleum spp. - green stripes in leaves.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Megadelphax sordidula, Dicranotropis hamata; Delphacidae. Principal natural vector(s): Megadelphax sordidula. Transmitted in a persistent manner. Virus retained when the vector moults; not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; not transmitted by contact between plants.

Ecology and control

Studies reported by Heikinheimo and Raatikainen (1976): crop rotation and plough early in autumn.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Finland.

Experimental host range

Experimentally infected plants mostly show light green or yellow leaf stripes, seed wrinkling and stunting.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Phleum pratense, Avena sativa, Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare - light green or yellow leaf stripes, seed wrinkling and stunting.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Dactylis glomerata, Festuca pratensis, F. rubra, Lolium multiflorum.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Phleum pratense, Avena spp.

Susceptible host species

• Avena sativa
• Hordeum vulgare
• Phleum
• Phleum pratense
• Triticum aestivum

Insusceptible host species

• Dactylis glomerata
• Festuca pratensis
• Festuca rubra
• Lolium multiflorum

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Gramineae (5/9)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Gramineae (4/9)

Physical and biochemical properties

No data available.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Tenuivirus

Comments and References

References

• Gingery, R.E. (1988). In: The Plant Viruses, Vol. 4, The Filamentous Viruses, p.303. ed. R.G. Milne. Plenum Press, New York.
• Heikinheimo, O. and Raatikainen, M. (1976). Ann. Agric. Fenn. 15: 34.

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.