Bean yellow mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus[1] in the genus Potyvirus and the virus family Potyviridae. 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]
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.[3] The virus is currently believed to be distributed worldwide.[4]
Symptoms in these plants include mosaic, leaf malformation and leaf mottling.[10] This virus makes two kinds of viral inclusions, laminated aggregates and a nuclear inclusion.[1]
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