Plant Viruses

Characteristic

Family

Genus
(or unclassified)

Transmission

Double-stranded DNA,nonenveloped

Papovaviridae

Cauliflower mosaic virus

Aphids

Single-stranded RNA, + strand, nonenveloped

Picornaviridae


Tetraviridae

Bean mosaic virus

Tobamovirus

Pollen


Wound

Single-stranded RNA, - strand, enveloped

Rhabdoviridae

Potato yellow dwarfvirus

Leafhoppers and aphids

Double-stranded RNA,nonenveloped

Reoviridae

Wound tumor virus

Leafhoppers

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