A strain of guniea grass mosaic virus naturally occurring on maize in the Ivory Coast |
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| Authors: | D. LAMY J.C. THOUVENEL C. FAUQUET |
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| Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Virologie, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), B.P. V 51, Abidjan, République de Côte d'Ivoire |
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| Abstract: | During a survey of cereal crops in Ivory Coast, a virus wiht flexuous filamentaous paricles c. 825 nm long was isolated from diseased maize. Its host range, biological properties, morphology and aphid transmission place it in the potyvirus group. Antigenically it is closely related to guinea grass mosaci virus, from which it differs in hos range, aphid transmissibility and behaviouir on isoelectric focusing. It is named guinea grass mosaic virus strain B. |
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