Family: Poaceae Fodder
Wheat dwarf virus (WDV)
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Genus: Mastrevirus Family: Geminiviridae
WDV infection in plants of Apera spica-venti was reported from the Czech Republic (Vacke and Cibulka 1999). The virus-infected Silky bent grass plants exhibit symptoms of dwarfing, leaf yellowing, and inflorescence reduction. The virus is transmitted by a leafhopper vector Psammotettix alienus in a persistent, circulative, and non-propagative manner. The virus is not transmissible by mechanical inoculation, nor transmissible by contact between plants. The virus is not transmitted by seed and pollen. For more details of WDV, refer to Triticum aestivum.
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Vacke J, Cibulka R (1999) Silky bent grass (Apera spica-venti [L.] Beauv.) – a new host and reservoir of Wheat dwarf virus. Plant Protect Sci 35:47–50
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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Apera spica-venti (Silky bent grass). In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_64
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