''Broad bean true mosaic virus'' (also called Echtes Ackerbohnemosaik-virus, ''Vicia'' virus 1, and ''Viciavirus varians'') is a virus first described in 1953 that affects
legumes, commonly found in crops of
broad bean
''Vicia faba'', commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Varieti ...
in both Europe and Northwest Africa. There are no known
vectors, although it has been known to transverse long distances between crops.
Infection via seed is common, though the virus is also present in sap.
References
Comoviruses
Viral plant pathogens and diseases
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