Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table
12.1.
Viruses found infecting the potato in different parts of the world.
Virus
Genus
Transmission
Distribution
Notes
Viruses not restricted to South America
Potato leaf roll virus
(PLRV)
Polerovirus
Aphids
Worldwide
Most important virus in warmer countries
Potato virus Y
(PVY)
Potyvirus
Aphids
Worldwide
Overtaking PLRV in importance in many
countries
Potato virus X
(PVX)
Potexvirus
Contact
Worldwide
Common
Potato virus S
(PVS)
Carlavirus
Contact, aphids
Worldwide
Common
Potato virus M
(PVM)
Carlavirus
Aphids
Worldwide
Now common only in central and Eastern
Europe
Potato virus A
(PVA)
Potyvirus
Aphids
Worldwide
Restricted to certain cultivars
Potato virus V
(PVV)
Potyvirus
Aphids
Andes, Europe
Restricted to certain cultivars
Potato aucuba mosaic virus
(PAMV)
Potexvirus
Contact, aphids
Worldwide
Has become very rare
Potato mop-top virus
(PMTV)
Pomovirus
Fungus
Europe, North and South
America, Asia
Favored by cool, moist conditions
Potato latent virus
(PLV)
Carlavirus
Aphids
North America
Rarely found
Potato virus H
(PVH)
Carlavirus
Contact?
East Asia
Recently found in China
“Potato stunt virus” (PStV)
?
?
Europe
Found in Scotland, little studied
Potato yellow dwarf virus
(PYDV)
Nucleorhabdovirus
Leafhoppers
North America
Has become rare
“Potato yellow mosaic virus”
(PYMV)
Begomovirus
Whiteflies
Caribbean, Venezuela
=
Tomato yellow mosaic virus
Alfalfa mosaic virus
(AlMV)
Alfamovirus
Aphids
Worldwide
Spreads sporadically to potato
Beet curly top virus
(BCtV)
Curtovirus
Leafhoppers
North and South America,
Europe, Asia
Spreads to potato in arid environments
Cherry leaf roll virus
(CLRV)
Nepovirus
Pollen?, TPS, nematodes
Europe, North and South
America
Reported recently from wild potato
Cherry rasp leaf virus
(CRLV)
Cheriavirus
Nematodes
North America
Found only in a potato cDNA library
Cucumber mosaic virus
Cucumovirus
Aphids
Worldwide
Only infects potato occasionally
Eggplant mottled dwarf virus
(EMDV)
Nucleorhabdovirus
Aphids
Europe, North Africa, Asia
Infects potato occasionally
Groundnut bud necrosis virus
(GBNV)
Tospovirus
Thrips
India, South-east Asia
Favored by subtropical conditions
Groundnut ringspot virus
(GRSV)
Tospovirus
Thrips
Africa, South and North
America
Infects potato occasionally
