''Bean calico mosaic virus'' (BCaMV or BCMoV) is a
plant virus
Plant viruses are viruses that affect plants. Like all other viruses, plant viruses are obligate intracellular parasites that do not have the molecular machinery to replicate without a host. Plant viruses can be pathogenic to higher plants.
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transmitted by
whiteflies
Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been described.
Description and taxonomy
The ...
that infects
bean genera and species within the families
Fabaceae,
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
, and
Solanaceae. Like other
New World
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begomoviruses, its genome is bipartite, or having two parts. Phylogenetic analysis of its two genome segments, DNA-A and DNA-B, indicate the virus is from
Sonora,
Mexico
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, and shares a most recent common ancestor with the Leaf curl virus-E strain and the
Texas pepper virus, both also found in the Sonora desert, and the
Cabbage leaf curl virus from
Florida
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.
References
Viral plant pathogens and diseases
Begomovirus
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