Cowpea mild mottle virus explained

Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Betaflexiviridae that infects yardlong beans,^[1] soybeans and peanuts.^[2] It is transmitted by whiteflies that feed on the underside of plant leaves.^{[2] [3]} Symptoms of infection include leaf malformation and mosaic, or spotted, patterns on the leaves. According to the Handbook of Plant Virus Diseases, the pathogen is found in "China, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Thailand, Philippines, Papua New Guinea [and] Sudan".^[4]

External links

• ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database: Cowpea mild mottle virus
• Family Groups - The Baltimore Method

Notes and References

1. Brito . M. . Fernández-Rodríguez . T. . Garrido . M. . Mejías . A. . Romano . M. . Marys . E. . 10.3390/v4123804 . First Report of Cowpea Mild Mottle Carlavirus on Yardlong Bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. Sesquipedalis) in Venezuela . Viruses . 4 . 12 . 3804–3811 . 2012 . 23242372 . 3528291 . free .
2. 10.1007/s007050050328 . Naidu . R. A. . Gowda . S. . Satyanarayana . T. . Boyko . V. . Reddy . A. S. . Dawson . W. O. . Reddy . D. V. . Evidence that whitefly-transmitted cowpea mild mottle virus belongs to the genus Carlavirus. Archives of Virology . 143 . 4 . 769–780 . 1998 . 9638146. 589143 .
3. Brunt . A. A. . Atkey . P. T. . Woods . R. D. . Intracellular occurrence of cowpea mild mottle virus in two unrelated plant species . Intervirology . 20 . 2–3 . 137–142 . 1983 . 6629699 . 10.1159/000149382.
4. Book: Sutic. Dragoljub D.. Ford. Richard E.. Tosic. Malisa T.. Handbook of Plant Virus Diseases. 1999. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-2302-7. 230.