ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Caulimoviridae

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Authors

Pierre‐Yves Teycheney · Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

Andrew D. W. Geering · The University of Queensland

Indranil Dasgupta · University of Delhi

Roger Hull · Blandford Community Hospital

Jan Kreuze · International Potato Center

Ben Lockhart · University of Minnesota

Emmanuelle Muller

Abstract

Caulimoviridae is a family of non-enveloped reverse-transcribing plant viruses with non-covalently closed circular dsDNA genomes of 7.1-9.8 kbp in the order Ortervirales. They infect a wide range of monocots and dicots. Some viruses cause economically important diseases of tropical and subtropical crops. Transmission occurs through insect vectors (aphids, mealybugs, leafhoppers, lace bugs) and grafting. Activation of infectious endogenous viral elements occurs in Musa balbisiana, Petunia hybrida and Nicotiana edwardsonii. However, most endogenous caulimovirids are not infectious. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Caulimoviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/caulimoviridae.

Topics & Keywords

Plant Virus Research Studies Mosquito-borne diseases and control Virology and Viral Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of General Virology

Volume 101, Issue 10, pp. 1025-1026

DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001497

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