Cucumber mosaic virus

Cucumber mosaic virus
"Cucumber mosaic virus" symptoms
Cucumber mosaic virus symptoms
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Bromoviridae
Genus: Cucumovirus
Species:
Cucumber mosaic virus
Synonyms
  • banana infectious chlorosis virus
  • coleus mosaic virus
  • cowpea banding mosaic virus
  • cowpea ringspot virus
  • cucumber virus 1
  • lily ringspot virus
  • pea top necrosis virus
  • peanut yellow mosaic virus
  • southern celery mosaic virus
  • soybean stunt virus
  • spinach blight virus
  • tomato fern leaf virus
  • pea western ringspot virus

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is a plant pathogenic virus[1] in the family Bromoviridae.[2] This virus has a worldwide distribution and a very wide host range,[3] having the reputation of the widest host range of any known plant virus.[4] It can be transmitted from plant to plant both mechanically by sap and by aphids in a stylet-borne fashion. It can also be transmitted in seeds and by the parasitic weeds, Cuscuta sp. (dodder).

  1. ^ Description of Plant Viruses:What are viruses?
  2. ^ Description of Plant Viruses: Bromovirideae
  3. ^ Plant Viruses Online:Cucumber mosaic host range Archived 2008-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Crop Knowledge Master: Cucumber Mosaic Virus