Wheat streak mosaic virus

Family   : Betaflexiviridae
Genus    : Tritimovirus
Acronym  : WSMV

Introduction

Wheat streak mosaic virus causes streak mosaic disease, a serious and widely distributed disease of winter wheat. Also infects barley, corn, rye, oat and a number of grasses. The disease is characterized by systemic mosaic symptoms with interveinal reddening to mosaic with interveinal reddening and necrosis within the red areas.

Major Diseases

Streak mosaic

Geographical Distribution

Wide spread in India.

Particle Morphology

Flexuous particle morphology

Transmission Method

It is transmitted by wheat curl mite, Aceria tulipae.

Detection

ELISA and RT-PCR.

Host Range and Symptomatology ShowHide

Host	Symptoms
Wheat, Barley, Corn, Rye, Oat	Mosaic with interveinal reddening and necrosis of red areas.

References ShowHide

1	Basu, A. N. ; Raychaudhuri, S. P., Further studies on transmission of wheat mosaic streak virus with notes on epidemiology of the aphid vectors.. 1972, publ. 1973, Indian Journal of Entomology, 34, 2, pp 115-117.
2	Thomas, J. E. ; Geering, A. D. W. ; Gambley, C. F. ; Kessling, A. F. ; White, M., Purification, properties, and diagnosis of banana bract mosaic potyvirus and its distinction from abaca mosaic potyvirus.. 1997, Phytopathology, 87, 7, pp 698-705.