Leek yellow stripe virus

Family   : Potyviridae
Genus    : Potyvirus
Acronym  : LYSV

Introduction

Leek yellow stripe virus (LYSV), genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae, is a prominent virus known to infect garlic worldwide including India. Potyvirus-like symptoms such as mosaic, streaking, stunting, mottling of leaves observed on garlic with incidence up to 70% was confirmed as a strain of LYSV by ELISA and partial genome sequencing of the virus.

Major Diseases

Stripe disease

Particle Morphology

Flexuous filamentous particles resembling potyviruses.

Transmission Method

Primarily through vegetative means and also by mechanical sp inoculation.

Detection

ELISA and RT-PCR

Host Range and Symptomatology ShowHide

Host	Symptoms
Allium sativum (Garlic)	Mosaic, streaking, stunting, mottling of leaves

References ShowHide

1	Gupta, N. ; Prabha, K. ; Islam, S. ; Baranwal, V. K., First report of Leek yellow stripe virus in garlic from India.. 2013, Journal of Plant Pathology, 95, 4, pp Supplement, pp S4.75.
2	S. J. Gawande, V. S. Gurav, A. A. Ingle, and J. Gopal, First Report of Leek yellow stripe virus in Allium sativum in Western India.. 2014, Australasian Plant Pathology, 98, 7, pp 1015. doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-13-1163-PDN .

Sequences ShowHide