| Potato yellow vein virus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Alsuviricetes |
| Order: | Martellivirales |
| Family: | Closteroviridae |
| Genus: | Crinivirus |
| Species: | Crinivirus flavisolani |
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. [1] PYVV RNA have a conserved 3'-terminal secondary structure, which includes a pseudoknot. [1]