Potato mop-top virus

Potato mop-top virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Virgaviridae
Genus: Pomovirus
Species:
Potato mop-top virus

Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) is a plant pathogenic virus transmitted through the vector Spongospora subterranea that affects potatoes. PMTV belongs to family of Virgaviridae,[1] and the genus Pomovirus (Potato mop-top virus).[2] The virus was first identified in 1966 by Calvert and Harrison in Britain,[3] and is now reported in many other potato cultivating regions of the world including U.S.A., Canada, China, Pakistan, Japan, South American countries and many parts of Europe.[4] Many disease management systems have been found to be ineffective against the virus, although a combination of sanitation and vector controls seems to work well.

  1. ^ Adams MJ, Antoniw JF, Kreuze J (2009-10-28). "Virgaviridae: a new family of rod-shaped plant viruses". Archives of Virology. 154 (12): 1967–72. doi:10.1007/s00705-009-0506-6. PMID 19862474.
  2. ^ "Genus: Pomovirus - Virgaviridae - Positive-sense RNA Viruses - International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 2018-06-14.[dead link]
  3. ^ Calvert EL, Harrison BD (September 1966). "Potato Mop-Top, a Soil-Borne Virus". Plant Pathology. 15 (3): 134–139. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.1966.tb00333.x. ISSN 0032-0862.
  4. ^ Beuch U (2013). Distribution and diversity of Potato mop-top virus in Sweden. Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. Institutionen för växtbiologi och skogsgenetik. Uppsala: Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. ISBN 9789157678935. OCLC 940749818.