Group Group IV ((+)ssRNA) | Subfamily Comovirinae Rank Species | |
Similar Nepovirus, Potato yellow dwarf virus, Potato virus M |
Potato virus U (PVU) is a pathogenic plant virus discovered in Peru in 1983. PVU characteristically causes leaf malformation and necrotic spotting. Transmitted by mechanical inoculation—including seed-to-seed contact and grafting—PVU is also said to be transferred by nematodes of the genus Longidorus.
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