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00.039.0.00.007. Bean leaf roll virus

Cite this publication as: Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed) (2003). 00.039.0.00.007. Bean leaf roll virus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 3. ICTVdB Management, The Columbia University, New York, USA

Cite this site as: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/

Isolation Details

Location: Germany.
Source of isolate: Pisum sativum and Vicia faba.

Reference: Quantz and Volk (1954).

Classification

This is a description of a plant virus at the species level with data on all virus properties from morphology to genome, replication, antigenicity and biological properties.

ICTVdB Virus Code: 00.039.0.00.007. Virus accession number: 39000007.
Former virus code: 39.0.1.0.007; former accession number: 39010007.
NCBI TaxID: [12041].

Synonym(s): alfalfa Michigan virus (Thottappilly et al. 1977), legume yellows virus, pea leaf roll virus, pea tip yellowing virus, pea top yellows virus. ICTV approved acronym: BLRV. Virus is an ICTV approved species. Virus is not assigned to a genus; assigned to the family 00.039. Luteoviridae .

Virion Properties

Morphology

Virions have a simple construction and consist of a capsid. Virions are not enveloped. Capsid is round and exhibits polyhedral symmetry. The capsid is isometric and has a diameter of 27 nm. Capsids appear round. The capsomer arrangement is not distinct.
Virus preparation contains few virions. Reference for electron microscopic methods: Takanami and Kubo (1979); Ashby and Huttinga (1979).

Physicochemical and Physical Properties

The density of virions is 1.32 in Cs₂SO₄. There are 1 sedimenting component(s) found in purified preparations.

Nucleic Acid

The Mr of the genome constitutes 37.8% of the virion by weight. The genome is not segmented and consists of a single molecule of linear, positive-sense single-stranded RNA. The complete genome is 6000 nucleotides long. The RNA has been partially sequenced and complete sequence is 6000 nucleotides long with the accession number
[X53865] Em(40)_vi:LUBLRVCP Gb(84)_vi:LUBLRVCP Bean leaf roll virus gene for coat protein. 9/93 591bp.
[U15978] Em(43)_vi:Bl15978 Gb(89)_vi:Blu15978 Bean leaf roll virus coat protein mRNA, complete cds. 11/94 591bp. Reference(s) to nucleotide sequence: isolation method by R.R. Martin; use hot phenol.

Proteins

The viral genome encodes structural and non-structural proteins. Virions consist of 1 structural protein(s).

Lipids

Lipids are absent.

Antigenicity

The virus is serologically related to soybean dwarf, beet western yellows, potato leafroll, carrot red leaf and barley yellow dwarf (RPV) viruses.

The chickpea stunt strain of the virus (Kaiser and Danesh, 1966) has been recorded in the same geographical areas as the type strain. Hosts recorded for the chickpea stunt strain but not for the type strain are: Chenopodium amaranticolor (I); Cucumis sativus (I); Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (I); Datura stramonium (I); Nicotiana glutinosa (I); Nicotiana tabacum (I); Phaseolus lunatus (S); Vicia villosa (S); Vigna radiata (I) (Anon., 1978/79).

Diagnostics and Reference Collections

The best tests for diagnosis are ELISA tests with MAbs very effective.

Biological Properties

Natural Host Range

Viral hosts belong to the Domain Eucarya.

Domain Eucarya Kingdom Plantae.

Kingdom Plantae Phylum Magnoliophyta (Angiosperms); Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledonae).

Signs and Symptoms

Natural hosts and symptoms
Medicago sativa — usually symptomless.
Pisum sativum — chlorotic, leaves rolled downward.
Trifolium repens — yellowed, rolled leaves.
Vicia faba — chlorotic leaves and flowers abscissed.
Phaseolus vulgaris, Cicer arietinum, Vigna unguiculata, Lens culinaris — leaves yellowed.

Severity and Occurrence of Disease

Host 1: Signs and symptoms persist, or disappear soon after infection.

Transmission and Vector Relationships

The virus is transmitted by a vector. The virus is not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by grafting; virus is not transmitted by seeds; virus is not transmitted by pollen.

Vector Transmission: The virus is transmitted by arthropods; insects of the order Hemiptera; family Aphididae; Acyrthosiphon pisum, Myzus persicae, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Megoura viciae, Aphis craccivora (chickpea stunt strain). The virus is transmitted in a persistent manner; retained when the vector moults; does not replicate in the vector; can facilitate the vector transmission of another virus (bean yellow vein banding virus).

Experimental Hosts and Symptoms

Under experimental conditions susceptibility to infection by virus is found in few families. Susceptible host species are found in the Family Leguminosae-Papilionoideae. The following species were susceptible to experimental virus infection: Arachis hypogaea, or Astragalus sinicus, or Cicer arietinum, or Glycine max, or Lathyrus odoratus, or Lens culinaris, or Lupinus cosentinii, or Medicago hispida, or Medicago sativa, or Transcription phaseolus vulgaris, or Pisum sativum, or Trifolium dubium, or Trifolium hybridum, or Trifolium incarnatum, or Trifolium pratense, or Trifolium repens, or Trifolium subterraneum, or Vicia faba, or Vicia sativa, or Vigna unguiculata.

Host 1: Experimentally infected hosts mainly show symptoms of chlorosis, leaf rolling.

Experimentally infected insusceptible Hosts: Families containing insusceptible hosts: Amaranthaceae, or Caryophyllaceae, or Chenopodiaceae, or Compositae, or Cruciferae, or Leguminosae-Papilionoideae, or Linaceae, or Tetragoniaceae. Species inoculated with virus that do not show signs of susceptibility: Beta vulgaris, or Brassica campestris ssp. napus, or Capsella bursa-pastoris, or Glycine max, or Gomphrena globosa, or Lablab purpureus, or Lactuca sativa, or Lens culinaris, or Linum usitatissimum, or Lotus corniculatus, or Lupinus albus, or Melilotus albus, or Phaseolus vulgaris, or Pisum sativum (cv. Kelvedon Wonder), or Senecio vulgaris, or Stellaria media, or Tetragonia tetragonioides, or Trifolium pratense, or Vicia faba, or Zinnia elegans.

Diagnostic Hosts

Diagnostic host species and symptoms:
Medicago hispida — systemic chlorosis.
Pisum sativum cv. Onyx — tip leaves chlorotic, leaves rolled (cv. Kelvedon Wonder is insusceptible).
Trifolium subterraneum — red leaf margins.
Vicia faba — interveinal chlorosis, leaves rolled upward.

Diagnostic host: insusceptible host species Beta vulgaris, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Lactuca sativa, Pisum sativum cv. Kelvedon Wonder.

Maintenance and Propagation Hosts

Most commonly used maintenance and propagation host species are Pisum sativum cvs Galaxy, Onyx, Eurofin, Vicia faba, Medicago sativa.

Assay Hosts

Host 1: Assay hosts (for Local lesions or Whole plants):
Pisum sativum cv. Onyx (W), Trifolium subterraneum cv. Bacchus Marsh (W).

Reference(s) for host-range data: Cockbain and Gibbs (1973), Johnstone et al., (1984).

Histopathology: Virions are found in phloem parenchyma mainly in necrotic sieve-tube cells. Virions are found in the cytoplasm.

Cytopathology: Inclusions are not present in infected cells. Other cellular changes include necrosis and collapse of phloem.

Geographical Distribution

The virus occurs in Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America (California, the Midwest and Northwest).

List of Strains and Isolates in the Species

Chickpea stunt virus.

References

Anon. (1978–79). Rep. Int. Crops Res. Inst. for Semi-Arid Tropics 1978–79: 30.

Ashby, J.W. (1984). CMI/AAB Descr. Pl. Viruses No. 286, 5 pp.

Ashby, J.W. and Huttinga, H. (1979). Neth. J. Pl. Path. 85: 113.

Cockbain, AJ. and Gibbs, AJ. (1973). Ann. appl. Biol. 73: 177.

D'Arcy, C.J., Martin, R.R. and Torrance, L. (1988). Phytopathology 78: 1537.

Fukano and Yokoyama (1951). Kyushu Nogyo Kenkyu 10: 133.

Inouye, T. (1971). Ber. Ohara Inst. Landw. Biol. 15: 69.

Inouye, T. and Asatari (1968). Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan 34: 317.

Johnstone, G.R., Ashby, J.W., Gibbs, AJ., Duffus, JE, Thottapilly, G. and Fletcher, J.D. (1984). Neth J. Pl. Path. 90: 107.

Kaiser, W.J. (1972). FAO Pl. Prot. Bull. 20: 127.

Kaiser, W.J. and Danesh, D. (1966). Phytopathology 61: 453.

Kaiser, W.J and Danesh, D.(1971). Phytopathology 61: 372.

Quantz, L. and Volk, J. (1954). NachrBl. dtsch. PflSchutz., Braunschweig 6: 177.

Takanami, Y. and Kubo, S. (1979). J. gen. Virol. 44: 153.

Thottappilly, G., Kao, Y.J., Hooper, G.R. and Bath, JE (1977). Phytopathology 67: 1451.

Data Sources and Contributions

VIDEdB, the plant virus database developed at the Australian National University, contains an earlier description of this virus by J.W. Ashby, 1981. Revised 1989 by R.R. Martin and for chickpea stunt strain by Y.L. Nene, 1981 and revised 1983. A description of the virus is found in database for plant virus DPV, the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB), with the number

The description has been generated automatically from DELTA files.

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