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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Raspberry leaf curl (?) luteovirus

Index

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

Data collated by R. Stace-Smith, 1991.

Nomenclature

Acronym

RLCV

Strains

alpha, beta.

ICTV decimal code

39.0.1.T.011

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

Symptoms persist. Symptoms leaf curling, shoot proliferation, stunting, fruits are small and crumbly.
• Rubus idaeus, R. occidentalis, R. fruticosus, R. × neglectus - leaf curling, proliferation of shoots and stunting.

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Aphis rubicola; Aphididae. Not transmitted by Amphorophora agathonica. Transmitted in a persistent manner. Virus retained when the vector moults; not transmitted congenitally to the progeny of the vector; not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by grafting; not transmitted by contact between plants; not transmitted by seed; not transmitted by pollen.

Ecology and control

Studies reported by Stace-Smith (1962).

Geographical distribution

Spreads in the North American region; Canada and the USA.

Experimental host range

Few (<3) families susceptible. Experimentally infected plants mostly show downcurling of leaves, yellowing and stunting.

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Rubus idaeus, R. albescens, R. henryi, Fragaria vesca - downcurling of leaves and leaf yellowing.

Diagnostically insusceptible host species

Chenopodium quinoa, Nicotiana tabacum, Cucumis sativus, Phaseolus vulgaris, Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata.

Maintenance and propagation hosts

Rubus idaeus.

Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)

Rubus idaeus (W), R. henryi (W), R. phoenicolasius (W).

Susceptible host species

• Fragaria vesca
• Rubus albescens
• Rubus fruticosus
• Rubus henryi
• Rubus idaeus
• Rubus occidentalis
• Rubus phoenicolasius
• Rubus × neglectus

Insusceptible host species

• Chenopodium quinoa
• Cucumis sativus
• Nicotiana tabacum
• Phaseolus vulgaris
• Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Rosaceae (8/8)

Families containing insusceptible hosts

• Chenopodiaceae (1/1)
• Cucurbitaceae (1/1)
• Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (2/2)
• Solanaceae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

No data available.

Taxonomy and relationships

Possible Luteovirus

Comments and References

References

• Rankin, W.H. and Hockey, J.F. (1922). Phytopathology 12: 253.
• Stace-Smith, R. (1962). Can. J. Bot. 40: 651.

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: 20^th August 1996.' URL http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/

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