Family: Fabaceae Medicinal
Clitoria yellow vein virus (CYVV)
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Genus: Tymovirus Family: Tymoviridae
CYVV infection in plants of Abrus precatorius was reported from Kenya (Bock et al. 1977). The virus-infected jequirity plants exhibit yellowing of secondary and smaller leaf veins. The virus is transmitted by beetle vectors in a semi-persistent manner, and also by mechanical sap-inoculation. For more details of CYVV, refer to Clitoria ternatea.
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Bock KR, Guthrie EJ, Meredith G (1977) Clitoria yellow vein virus, a tymovirus from Kenya. Ann Appl Biol 85:97–103
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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Abrus precatorius (Jequirity). In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_4
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