Cucumber yellows virus

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Cucumber yellows virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Closteroviridae
Genus: Crinivirus
Virus:
Cucumber yellows virus

Cucumber yellows virus (CuYV) is a species of virus that infects plants, specifically the cucumber and melon. It is transmitted by the greenhouse whitefly. The cucumber yellows virus genome was completely sequenced in 2003.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hartono, Sedyo; Natsuaki, Tomohide; Genda, Yoshikatsu; Okuda, Seiichi (2003). "Nucleotide sequence and genome organization of Cucumber yellows virus, a member of the genus Crinivirus". Journal of General Virology. 84 (Pt 4): 1007–12. doi:10.1099/vir.0.18605-0. PMID 12655104.