''Broad bean wilt virus 1'' (BBWVI) is a

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pathogenic

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of the order ''

Picornavirales ''Picornavirales'' is an order of viruses with vertebrate, invertebrate, protist and plant hosts. The name has a dual etymology. First, ''picorna-'' is an acronym for poliovirus, insensitivity to ether, coxsackievirus, orphan virus, rhinovirus, ...

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Secoviridae ''Secoviridae'' is a family of viruses in the order ''Picornavirales''. Plants serve as natural hosts. There are 8 genera and 86 species in this family, one of which is unassigned to a genus. The family was created in 2009 with the grouping of f ...

'', subfamily ''

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'', genus ''

Fabavirus ''Fabavirus'' is a genus of plant viruses ( plant pathogens) in the order ''Picornavirales'', in the family ''Secoviridae'', in the subfamily ''Comovirinae''. Plants serve as natural hosts. There are seven species in this genus. Taxonomy The ge ...

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Description

BBWV was first isolated from broad beans (''

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'') in Australia in 1947, and is transmitted by aphids. Despite its name, BBWV has a wide range of hosts including both monocotyledons and dicotyledons, but mainly the latter. By 1991 177 species in 39 families had been reported as being infected with BBWV. These include

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such as ''

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Taxonomy

''Broad bean wilt virus 1'' is one of two similar species (BBWV) of a total of seven in the genus ''Fabavirus'', the other being ''Broad bean wilt virus 2.'' Proposed as a member of the ''Fabavirus'' group in 1987, its current taxonomic status was established in 2009 in the (current) 9th report of the ICTV.

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