African cassava mosaic virus

African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV, ICTV approved acronym) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Geminiviridae that may cause either a mosaic appearance to plant leaves, or chlorosis, a loss of chlorophyll. In Manihot esculenta (cassava), a highly valuable African food crop, the virus causes severe mosaic. Cassava is a staple food crop in many places throughout the tropics and subtropics as a source of carbohydrates, but the transmission and severity of disease for cassava in Africa is greatest with ACMV.

African cassava mosaic virus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Monodnaviria
Kingdom: Shotokuvirae
Phylum: Cressdnaviricota
Class: Repensiviricetes
Order: Geplafuvirales
Family: Geminiviridae
Genus: Begomovirus
Species:
African cassava mosaic virus
Synonyms
  • cassava latent virus
  • cassava mosaic virus
  • cassava African mosaic virus

Cause

African cassava mosaic virus is transmitted by a whitefly.

See also

  • "ICTVdB Virus Description - 00.029.0.03.004. African cassava mosaic virus". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03.
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