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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Pineapple chlorotic leaf streak (?) nucleorhabdovirus

Index

• Nomenclature
• Host range, transmission and symptoms
• Physical and biochemical properties
• Taxonomy and relationships
• Comments and References

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1987.

Nomenclature

Acronym

PCLSV

ICTV decimal code

62.U.P.0.040

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Ananas comosus - conspicuous chlorotic leaf streaks.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Brazil.

Susceptible host species

• Ananas comosus

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Bromeliaceae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions bacilliform, or rhabdo- or bullet-shaped; with a clear modal length; of 200-250 nm (when measured in leaf sections); 60-70 nm wide. Axial canal obvious.

Cytopathology

Virions found in mesophyll, epidermis and phloem occasionally; in the perinuclear space.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Nucleorhabdovirus: Rhabdoviridae

Comments and References

References

• Kitajima, E.W., Giacomelli, E.J., Costa, A.S., Costa, C.L. and Cupertino, F.P. (1975). Phytopath. Z. 82: 83.

Cite this publication as: Brunt, A.A., Crabtree, K., Dallwitz, M.J., Gibbs, A.J., Watson, L. and Zurcher, E.J. (eds.) (1996 onwards). `Plant Viruses Online: Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database. Version: 16^th January 1997.' URL http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/

Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993) should also be cited.