Tufted peak disease of the banana

Bunchy top virus
Systematics
Classification : Viruses Area : Monodnaviria Empire : Shotokuvirae Phylum : Cressdnaviricota Class : Arfiviricetes Order : Mulpavirales Family : Nanoviridae Genre : Babuvirus
Taxonomic characteristics
Genome : ssDNA circular Baltimore : Group 2 Symmetry : icosahedral Cover : uncovered
Left
NCBI  Taxonomy: 645099 NCBI  Reference: NC_140342.1 ViralZone ( ExPASy , SIB): 564

The bunch top disease of the banana ( Bunchy-top disease , abbreviated BBTV or Musa virus 1 ) is a viral disease of the dessert banana . The virus belongs to the family of the Nanoviridae and has an icosahedral (twenty surface ) capsid with a diameter of 18-20 nm. The genome consists of at least six circular (+) ssDNA sections. BBTV is transmitted by the aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa . The control succeeds through the use of virus-free seedlings and the immediate destruction of diseased plants. In addition, the vectors can be combated.

Clump top disease occurs in Asia, Africa and Oceania and is one of the most economically damaging banana diseases there. In the 1920s, they wiped out the Australian banana industry.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} ICTV: ICTV Master Species List 2019.v1 , New MSL including all taxa updates since the 2018b release, March 2020 (MSL # 35)
2. ↑ Kurt Heinze : Phytopathogenic viruses and their transmitters . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, p. 96 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ^ G. Pietersen and JE Thomas: Overview of Musa virus diseases
4. ↑ ^{a b} Cerruti RR Hooks, Steve Fukuda, Eden A. Perez, Roshan Manandhar, Koon-Hui Wang, Mark G. Wright, Rodrigo PP Almeida: Aphid Transmission of Banana Bunchy Top Virus to Bananas After Treatment With a Bananacide . In: Journal of Economic Entomology . tape 102 , no. 2 , January 1, 2009, doi : 10.1603 / 029.102.0205 .
5. ^ John E. Thomas, Ralf G. Dietzgen: Purification, characterization and serological detection of virus-like particles associated with banana bunchy top disease in Australia . In: Journal of General Virology . tape 72 , no. 2 , January 1, 1991, doi : 10.1099 / 0022-1317-72-2-217 ( PDF ). PDF ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.