Family: Ranunculaceae Medicinal
Aquilegia necrotic mosaic virus (ANMV)
Taxonomic position
ANMV is a tentative member of the genus Caulimovirus and family Caulimoviridae.
Geographical distribution
ANMV was first reported in plants of Aquilegia spp. from Japan by Y. Doi (in Hull et al. 1989). The virus spreads in the Eastern Asian region including Japan, as well as in Colombia, and East Africa.
Symptoms and host(s)
The virus-infected columbine plants exhibit leaf chlorosis and necrosis symptoms.
Virion properties and genome
The virions are isometric, non-enveloped, 50 nm in diameter, and rounded in profile. The genome consists of double-stranded circular DNA.
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)
Taxonomic position
Genus: Cucumovirus Family: Bromoviridae
CMV infection in plants of Aquilegia spp. was reported from Ohio, USA (Fisher et al. 1997). The virus-infected columbine plants exhibit symptoms of mosaic, chlorosis, leaf curl, and stunting. The virus is transmitted by a number of aphid species...
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References
Fisher J, Sanchez-Cuevas M-C, Nameth S, Woods V (1997) First report of Cucumber mosaic virus in Eryngium amethystinum, Canna spp., and Aquilegia hybrids in Ohio. Plant Dis 81:1331
Hull R, Brown F, Payne CC (1989) Virology: directory and dictionary of animal, bacterial and plant viruses. Macmillan Press, London, p 11
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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Aquilegia vulgaris (Columbine). In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_69
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