Rubodvirus is a recently described plant virus genus belonging to the family Phenuiviridae in the order Bunyavirales. These plant viruses are transmitted from plant to plant through graft transmission.

Rubodvirus
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Phenuiviridae
Genus: Rubodvirus

Diseases

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Apple rubbery wood, thought to be caused by Apple rubodvirus, is a disease of apple trees that is characterized by flexible limbs and atrophy of the vascular tissue. Grape Garan dmak virus (GGDV) and Grape muscat rose virus (GMRV) are both diseases of grapevines caused by species of Grape rubodvirus.[1]

Taxonomy

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Rubodvirus was created to encompass Apple rubodvirus after it was determined to be caused by a virus, and not phytoplasmas, as previously thought.[2] With Grapevine rubodvirus, genetic sequencing showed great protein similarity with the recently discovered Apple rubodviruses 1 and 2, placing GMRV and GGDV in the genus rubodvirus.[3] The name "Rubodvirus" comes from Rub- in "rubbery", and -od in "wood".[4]

The genus contains the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Taxonomy: Rubodvirus ". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Apple (Malus spp.)-Rubbery Wood and Flat Limb". Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbooks. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ Alfredo Diaz-Lara, Beatriz Navarro, Francesco Di Serio, Kristian Stevens, Min Sook Hwang, Joshua Kohl, Sandra Thuy Vu, Bryce W. Falk, Deborah Golino, and Maher Al Rwahnih (2019 Jul 26) (2019). "Two Novel Negative-Sense RNA Viruses Infecting Grapevine Are Members of a Newly Proposed Genus within the Family Phenuiviridae". Viruses. 11 (8). MDPI: 685. doi:10.3390/v11080685. PMC 6724010. PMID 31357479.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "ICTV Taxonomy history: Rubodvirus ". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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