Cowpea mild mottle virus | |
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TEM showing CPMMV particles in sap of symptomatic yardlong bean leaf. Bar = 100 nm | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
Class: | Alsuviricetes |
Order: | Tymovirales |
Family: | Betaflexiviridae |
Genus: | Carlavirus |
Species: | Cowpea mild mottle virus
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Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Betaflexiviridae that infects yardlong beans,[1] soybeans[citation needed] and peanuts.[2] It is transmitted by whiteflies that feed on the underside of plant leaves.[2][3] Symptoms of infection include leaf malformation and mosaic, or spotted, patterns on the leaves.[citation needed] According to the Handbook of Plant Virus Diseases, the pathogen is found in "China, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Thailand, Philippines, Papua New Guinea [and] Sudan".[4]