Peach latent mosaic viroid

Peach latent mosaic viroid is the type species of the genus Pelamoviroid, which belongs to the family Avsunviroidae.[1] This family is characterized as having chloroplastic viroids with hammerhead ribozymes.[2] Peach latent mosaic viroid is a 336-351nt circular RNA which has a branched formation. This branched formation is stabilised by a pseudoknot between two kissing loops.[2] Peach latent mosaic viroid was first described in the 1980s in Spain by a group of scientists.[3]

Peach latent mosaic viroid
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: incertae sedis
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Avsunviroidae
Genus: Pelamoviroid
Species:
Peach latent mosaic viroid

It is present in all peach- and nectarine-producing areas of the world including Europe, Asia, North America and South America and the frequency of naturally occurring infection is high.[3]

Before the development of symptoms the disease is latent in peach trees for approximately 5–7 years.[4] The symptoms of the disease include necrosis of buds, delayed shoot development, necrotic branches, premature ageing of trees, flower streaking, ripening deformations, enlarged rounded stones, circular discoloured areas on the fruit skin and in some cases mosaic, blotch, vein banding or calico appearance on infected leaves.[4] Peach latent mosaic viroid is horizontally spread from plant to plant across a field by propagation of infected buds, pruning tools and green peach aphids.[2] Vertical transmission of peach latent mosaic viroid through seeds can not occur.[2]

References
  1. Di Serio, F; Li, SF; Matoušek, J; Owens, RA; Pallás, V; Randles, JW; Sano, T; Verhoeven, JTJ; Vidalakis, G; Flores, R; Ictv Report, Consortium (May 2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Avsunviroidae". The Journal of General Virology. 99 (5): 611–612. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001045. PMID 29580320.
  2. Flores Ricardo; Delgado Sonia; Rodio María-Elena; Ambrós Silvia; Hernández Carmen; di Serio Francesco (2006). "Peach latent mosaic viroid: not so latent". Molecular Plant Pathology. 7 (4): 209–221(13). doi:10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00332.x. PMID 20507441.
  3. "PEACH LATENT MOSAIC VIROID DECLARATION". Retrieved 2007-06-05.
  4. Hadidi, A.; Giunchedi, L.; Shamloul, A. M.; Poggi-Pollini, C. & Amer, M. A. (1997). "Occurrence of peach latent mosaic viroid in stone fruits and its transmission with contaminated blades" (PDF). Plant Dis. 81 (2): 154–158. doi:10.1094/PDIS.1997.81.2.154. PMID 30870887.
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