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Potato yellow vein virus

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Group
  
Group IV ((+)ssRNA)

Genus
  
Crinivirus

Family
  
Closteroviridae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Crinivirus, Potato yellow dwarf virus, Phureja, Potato mop‑top virus, Lettuce infectious yellows vi

The Potato yellow vein virus (PYVV) is a plant pathogen of the Closteroviridae family. It is a whitefly-transmitted closterovirus vectored by Trialeurodes vaporariorum, which is known to cause a yellowing disease in potato crops in South America.

PYVV RNA have a conserved 3'-terminal secondary structure, which includes a pseudoknot.

References

Potato yellow vein virus Wikipedia