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Sugar beet yellow net complex contains a luteovirus component
Author(s) -
Sugars J. M.,
Len E. A.,
Plumb R. T.,
White R. F.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1998.00203.x
Subject(s) - luteovirus , biology , sugar beet , barley yellow dwarf , virus , plant virus , botany , virology , potato leafroll virus , horticulture
Yellow net virus of sugar beet has, until now, been listed as a tentative member of the luteovirus genus, but this is the first study to show that the yellow net symptom (YN) is always associated with a luteovirus. This virus is related to beet mild yellowing virus (BMYV) and when transmitted alone causes a mild yellowing symptom similar to that caused by BMYV in beet. Plants with YN have been found to contain, in addition to the luteovirus, two prominent, low molecular weight double‐stranded (ds)RNA species. This dsRNA is indicative of an extra component in a complex with the luteovirus, which gives rise to the conspicuous symptom. The range of experimental hosts for this virus has been extended to include Capsella bursa‐pastoris and Physalis floridana .