Family: Gesneriaceae Ornamental
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
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Genus: Tobamovirus Family: Virgaviridae
TMV infection in plants of Achimenes spp. was reported from Germany and the USA (Koenig and Lesemann 1973; Zettler and Nagel 1983). The virus-infected achimenes plants exhibit symptoms of leaf mottling, narrow malformed leaves, and stunting of plants. There is no known vector for this virus. The virus is mechanically sap-transmissible and also by contact between plants. For more details of TMV, refer to Nicotiana tabacum.
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Koenig R, Lesemann DE (1973) Tabakmosaikvirus in Achimenes. Phytopath Z 76:87–89
Zettler FW, Nagel J (1983) Infection of cultivated gesneriads by two strains of Tobacco mosaic virus. Plant Dis 67:1123–1125
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Sastry, K.S., Mandal, B., Hammond, J., Scott, S.W., Briddon, R.W. (2019). Achimenes spp.. In: Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3912-3_9
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