Potato virus U

Potato virus U
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Pisuviricota
Class:	Pisoniviricetes
Order:	Picornavirales
Family:	Secoviridae
Genus:	Nepovirus
Species:	Potato virus U

Potato virus U (PVU) is a pathogenic plant virus discovered in Peru in 1983.^[1] PVU characteristically causes leaf malformation and necrotic spotting. Transmitted by mechanical inoculation—including seed-to-seed contact and grafting—PVU is also said to be transferred by nematodes of the genus Longidorus.^[2]

References[]

^ Jones RA, Fribourg CE, Koenig R (1983). "A previously undescribed nepovirus isolated from potato in Peru". Phytopathology. 73 (2): 195–8. doi:10.1094/Phyto-73-195. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
^ "ICTVdB Virus Description - 00.018.0.03.025. Potato virus U".

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[1] Jones RA, Fribourg CE, Koenig R (1983). "A previously undescribed nepovirus isolated from potato in Peru". Phytopathology. 73 (2): 195–8. doi:10.1094/Phyto-73-195. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

[2] "ICTVdB Virus Description - 00.018.0.03.025. Potato virus U".

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