Apple mosaic virus
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Apple mosaic virus
Classification
Higher order taxa
Virus; ssRNA viruses; ssRNA positive-strand virus; no DNA stage; Bromoviridae
Species
Apple Mosaic Virus RNA1, Apple Mosaic Virus RNA 2, Apple Mosaic RNA 3
NCBI: Taxonomy Genome
Description and significance
The apple mosaic virus is the agent for the apple mosaic disease. The apple mosaic virus is the most widespread apple virus. An apple tree infected with the ApMV will have pale to bright cream spots on the leaves. The distribution of the infected leaves may be depicted throughout the tree leaves or just a single tree limb. The ApMV infects U.S apple trees with the most infected being "Golden Delicious" and "Jonathan" apple trees. The virus is spread through through root grafting. Depending on how far the virus has spread, will determine the severity of apple loss. The apple mosaic virus is an important virus to study, since an infected apple tree results in decrease in crops.
Genome structure
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Cell structure and metabolism
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Ecology
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Pathology
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Current Research
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References
Alrefai, R. H., Shiel, P. J., Domier, L. L., D'Arcy, C. J., Berger, P. H., & Korban, S. S. (1994). The nucleotide sequence of apple mosaic virus coat protein gene has no similarity with other Bromoviridae coat . Journal of Virology , 75, 2847-2850.
Ansel-Mckinney, P., Scott, S., Swanson, M., Ge, X., & Gehrke, L. (1996). A plant viral coat protein RNA binding consensus sequence contains a crucial arginine. The Embo Journal , 15 (18), 5077-5084.
Bereger, P., & Shiel, P. (2000). The complete nucleotide sequence of apple mosaic virus (ApMV) RNA 1 and RNA 2: ApMV is more closely related to alfalfa mosaic virus than to other ilarviruses . Journal of General Virology (81), 273-278.
Clark, M., & Adams, A. (1977). Characteristics of the Microplate Method of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Dection of Plant Viruses. J.gen.Virol , 34, 475-483.
Halk, E. L., Hsu, H., Aebig, J., & Franke, J. (1984). Production of Monocional Antibodies Against Three Ilarviruses and Alfalfa Mosaic Virus and Their Use in Sterotyping . The Americal Pytopathological Society , 74 (3), 367-372 .
Menzel, W., Jelkmann, W., & Maiss, E. (2002). Detection of four apple viruses by multiplex RT-PCR assays with coamplification of plant mRNA as internal control . Journal of Virological Methods , 99, 81-92.
Postman, J., & Cameron, H. (1987). Apple Mosaic Virus in U.S. Filbert Germ Plasm . Plant Disease , 71 (10), 944-945.
Sanchez-Navarro, J., & Pallas, V. (1994). Nucleotide sequence of apple mosaic ilarvirus RNA 4. Journal of General Virology , 75, 1441-1445.
Edited by student of Emily Lilly at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth