Bean yellow mosaic virus
Species of virus
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Bean yellow mosaic virus is a pathogenic plant virus in the genus Potyvirus and the virus family Potyviridae.[1] Like other members of the Potyvirus genus, it is a monopartite strand of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA surrounded by a capsid made for a single viral encoded protein. The virus is a filamentous particle that measures about 750 nm in length. This virus is transmitted by species of aphids and by mechanical inoculation.[2][3]
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Stelpaviricetes |
| Order: | Patatavirales |
| Family: | Potyviridae |
| Genus: | Potyvirus |
| Species: | Potyvirus phaseoluteum |
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Geographic distribution and host range
A mosaic disease, believed to be bean yellow mosaic virus, was first reported in the early 1900s infecting garden peas (Pisum sativum) in the Northeastern United States.[4] The virus is currently believed to be distributed worldwide.[5]
In addition to peas, this virus is known to infect many other legumes (family Fabaceae) including green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris),[6] peanuts (Arachis hypogaea),[7] soybeans (Glycine max),[8] Faba beans (Vicia faba), several species of clover (Trifolium hybridum, T. vesiculosum, T. incarnatum, T. pratense, T. repens, T. subterraneum), alfalfa (Medicago sativa), vetch (Vicia sativa), lupine (Lupinus luteus),[9] black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), and Crotalaria spectabilis.
It also is known to infect several non-leguminous plants including Gladiolus sp.,[10] Fressia sp., opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), Canna spp. and Eustoma russellianum.
Symptoms in these plants include mosaic, leaf malformation and leaf mottling.[11]
