Rubodvirus Explained

Rubodvirus is a recently described plant virus genus belonging to the family Phenuiviridae in the order Bunyavirales. These plant viruses are transmitted from plant to plant through graft transmission.

Diseases

Apple rubbery wood, thought to be caused by Apple rubodvirus, is a disease of apple trees that is characterized by flexible limbs and atrophy of the vascular tissue. Grape Garan dmak virus (GGDV) and Grape muscat rose virus (GMRV) are both diseases of grapevines caused by species of Grape rubodvirus.^[1]

Taxonomy

Rubodvirus was created to encompass Apple rubodvirus after it was determined to be caused by a virus, and not phytoplasmas, as previously thought.^[2] With Grapevine rubodvirus, genetic sequencing showed great protein similarity with the recently discovered Apple rubodviruses 1 and 2, placing GMRV and GGDV in the genus rubodvirus.^[3] The name "Rubodvirus" comes from Rub- in "rubbery", and -od in "wood".^[4]

The genus contains the following species:^[5]

Apple rubodvirus 1
Apple rubodvirus 2
Grapevine rubodvirus 1
Grapevine rubodvirus 2

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Notes and References

Web site: Taxonomy: Rubodvirus . 25 February 2022. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Web site: Apple (Malus spp.)-Rubbery Wood and Flat Limb . 11 September 2015 . 23 February 2022. Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbooks.
Two Novel Negative-Sense RNA Viruses Infecting Grapevine Are Members of a Newly Proposed Genus within the Family Phenuiviridae . MDPI. Alfredo Diaz-Lara, Beatriz Navarro, Francesco Di Serio, Kristian Stevens, Min Sook Hwang, Joshua Kohl, Sandra Thuy Vu, Bryce W. Falk, Deborah Golino, and Maher Al Rwahnih (2019 Jul 26). Viruses . 2019 . 11 . 8 . 685 . 10.3390/v11080685 . 31357479 . 6724010 . free .
Web site: ICTV Taxonomy history: Rubodvirus . 23 February 2022. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
Web site: Taxonomy: Rubodvirus . 25 February 2022. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).