Wheat yellow leaf virus (WYLV) is a wheat (Triticum spp. L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), rye (Secale cereale M.Bieb.), and oat (Avena sativa L.) pathogenic virus of the family Closteroviridae.[1] WYLV virions are 1600–1850 nm in length and 10 nm in diameter.[2][3] The virus, like other members of its genus, is transmitted by aphids.[2] Identified vectors include Rhopalosiphum padi L. and R. maidis Fitch. (Aphididae).[2][4] The virus has been identified in crop plants in Japan, China, and Italy.[2] Native host plants include Italian ryegrass (Festuca perennis Lam.) in Europe and Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens Ohwi in Japan.[2] The virus proliferates in the phloem of its host plants, interfering with the plant's ability to produce sufficient chlorophyll (Chlorosis), causing the leaves to yellow and the plant to die.[2]
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Alsuviricetes |
| Order: | Martellivirales |
| Family: | Closteroviridae |
| Genus: | Closterovirus |
| Species: | Wheat yellow leaf virus
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References edit
- ^ Fauquet, M. C.; M. A. Mayo (1999). "Abbreviations for plant virus names – 1999". Archives of Virology. 144 (6). The Netherlands: Springer Wien: 1249–1273. doi:10.1007/s007050050584. PMID 10446658. S2CID 33505109.
- ^ a b c d e f Lapierre, H.; Signoret, P. A., eds. (2004). Viruses and Virus diseases of Poaceace (Gramineae). France: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. p. 605. ISBN 978-2-7380-1088-9.
- ^ Coffin, R. S.; R. H. A. Coutts (1993). "The closteroviruses, capilloviruses and other similar viruses: a short review". Journal of General Virology. 74 (8). United Kingdom: Society for General Microbiology: 1475–1483. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-74-8-1475. PMID 8345345.
- ^ Vidhyasekaran, Perumal (2004). Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. CRC Press. pp. 563. ISBN 978-1-56022-943-8.
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