Bidens mottle virus

Not to be confused with Bidens mosaic virus.
Bidens mottle virus
Symptoms of Bidens mottle virus infection in lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Stelpaviricetes
Order: Patatavirales
Family: Potyviridae
Genus: Potyvirus
Species:
Bidens mottle virus

Bidens mottle virus (BiMoV) is a pathogenic plant virus in the plant virus family Potyviridae.[1] BiMoV is a flexuous filamentous particle,[2] 720 nm long, and belongs to the Potyviridae genus Potyvirus. Like other viruses in this genus, Bidens mottle virus is transmitted both mechanically by sap and by aphids in a stylet-borne fashion.

BiMoV[3] was first described in 1968 by Steve Christie, John Edwardson, and Bill Zettler[4] from the Plant Pathology and Agronomy Departments at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. This virus was originally isolated from a mottled plant of the common weed Bidens pilosa collected in Gainesville – hence the name Bidens mottle virus. At the same time it was also found in pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum).[5]

B. pilosa can be doubly infected with BiMoV and a second virus called Sonchus yellow net virus[6] (SYNV). SYNV is asymptomatic in B. pilosa but it enhances the symptoms of BiMoV in this plant when both viruses are present.[7])

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  3. ^ ICTVdB Descriptions: Bidens mottle virus
  4. ^ Christie, S.R.; Edwardson, J.R.; Zettler, F.W. (1968). "Characterization and electron microscopy of a virus isolated from Bidens and Lepidium". Plant Disease Reporter. 52: 763–768.
  5. ^ "Bidens mottle virus in Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  6. ^ Descriptions of Plant Viruses – Sonchus yellow net nucleorhabdovirus
  7. ^ Christie, S.R.; Christie, R.G.; Edwardson, J.R. (1974). "Transmission of a bacilliform virus of sowthistle and Bidens pilosa" (PDF). Phytopathology. 64 (6): 840–845. doi:10.1094/Phyto-64-840.