Potato yellow vein virus | |
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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]