This data set deals with the description of plant viruses that have been compiled as part of the Virus Identification Data Exchange (VIDE) project. VIDE has been developed by A.J. Gibbs of the Australian National University, Research School of Biological Sciences over the last twenty years. The complete set of plant virus descriptions can be either viewed in its original form at VIDEdB or at ICTVdB. On this page we have displayed only the Australian specific data on plant viruses, their distribution, host plants, vectors and agricultural aspects.

Viruses of Plants in Australia

Viruses of Plants in Australia

  • About the VIDE project
  • Introduction to Viruses of Plants in Australia
  • List of virus names occurring in Australia
  • List of host plants families and species
  • List of host plants genera and species
  • Features of viruses in Australia
  • Character list

    Note: The above files comprise sections of the book "Viruses of Plants in Australia" that was published in 1987. The contents of the book has not been reviewed and updated since, thus some of the data presented do not include the latest developments in virus distribution in Australia.

    • In September 2002, this site has been removed from its original location at the Research School of Biological Sciences, where it has been located since 1993, right at the dawn of the existence of the internet. The life server at RSBS was the third web server in the world after CERN and Brazil. "Viruses of Plants in Australia" was one of the first web sites established in the history of cyberspace.

    The above lists have been compiled by

    Dr Cornelia Büchen-Osmond
    Institute of Advanced Studies
    Research School of Biological Sciences
    Australian National University
    The author can now be contacted at
    Columbia University
    Bioshpere 2 Center
    P.O. Box 689
    Oracle, AZ 85623, USA
    cb2009@columbia.edu
    Created: March 1993 Last updated: 20 September, 2002