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Flexuous, filamentous virus particles typical of the Closteroviridae have been found in infected plants. The length distribution of CYSDV particles has shown two peaks at 825-850 nm and 875-900 nm (Célix et al., 1996). Using an improved method for particle measurement, Liu et al. (2000) have recorded lengths of 800-850 nm for CYSDV. Its bipartite positive sense single-stranded RNA genome has been completely sequenced;RNA-1 contains 9126 nucleotides and RNA-2 7281 nucleotides (Livieratos and Coutts, 2002;Aguilar et al., 2003;Coutts and Livieratos, 2003). The coat protein gene contains 756 nucleotides and encodes the coat protein of 28.5 kDa (Livieratos et al., 1999). CYSDV was first classified with the Closterovirus species with bipartite genomes exemplified by Lettuce infectious yellows virus (Célix et al., 1996), as then named. These have now been transferred to a new genus Crinivirus.

Related invasive species

  • Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus

Related Farm Practice

  • Data collection
  • Transmission
  • Rolling
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Symptons


Cucumbers and melons infected by CYSDV show severe yellowing symptoms that start as an interveinal mottle on the older leaves and intensify as leaves age (Abou-Jawdah et al., 2000). Chlorotic mottling, yellowing and stunting occur on cucumber (Louro et al., 2000) and yellowing and severe stunting on melon (Kao et al., 2000). No description of symptoms on courgette has been provided by the authors reporting the natural infection (Berdiales et al., 1999). Symptoms on cucurbit crops are said to be indistinguishable from those caused by Beet pseudoyellows virus (BPYV;Wisler et al., 1998).
In experimental transmission experiments, chlorotic spots along the leaf veins of the melon cv. 'Piel de Sapo' were noticed after 14-20 days. Sometimes, initial symptoms also consisted of prominent yellowing sectors of a leaf. Symptoms evolved later to complete yellowing of the leaf lamina, except the veins, and rolling and brittleness of the leaves (Célix et al., 1996).

Hosts


The natural hosts of CYSDV are restricted to the Cucurbitaceae: watermelon, melon, cucumber and courgette. In addition, the following experimental host plants have been identified: Cucurbita maxima and Lactuca sativa. For further details, see Célix et al. (1996), Wisler et al. (1998), Berdiales et al. (1999), Abou-Jawdah et al. (2000), Desbiez et al. (2000), Kao et al. (2000) and Louro et al. (2000).

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