Celery mosaic virus

Celery mosaic virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Stelpaviricetes
Order: Patatavirales
Family: Potyviridae
Genus: Potyvirus
Species:
Celery mosaic virus
Synonyms
  • Apium virus 1
  • Western celery mosaic virus(WCeMV)
  • Celery crinkle-leaf virus
  • Celery ringspot virus
  • Poison hemlock ringspot virus
Illustration of uninfected celery (left) compared to celery infected with CeMV (right).

Celery mosaic virus (CeMV) is a plant pathogenic virus[1] in the genus Potyvirus and the virus family Potyviridae .

In California, mosaic diseases of celery (Apium graveolens) were reported as early as 1922.[2] After some time, it became clear that there were at least two different viruses causing mosaic diseases with similar symptoms in celery.

These two viruses were first differentiated by host range.[3] One of the viruses had a wide host range and was named Southern celery mosaic. The second had a host range restricted to the family Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) and was called Western celery mosaic. Continued research showed that the Southern mosaic virus was actually an isolate of Cucumber mosaic virus [4] and Western celery mosaic eventually became known simply as Celery mosaic virus.

  1. ^ "About Plant Viruses". Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ Poole, R.F. 1922. Celery mosaic. Phytopthology 12:151-154.
  3. ^ Severin, H.H.P.; Freitag, J.H. (1938). "Western celery mosaic". Hilgardia. 11 (9): 493–558. doi:10.3733/hilg.v11n09p493.
  4. ^ Price, W.C. (1935). "Classification of southern celery mosaic virus". Phytopathology. 25: 947–954.