Abacá bract mosaic virus
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Abaca bract mosaic virus (ABrMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family
Potyviridae ''Potyviridae'' is a family of positive-strand RNA viruses that encompasses more than 30% of known plant viruses, many of which are of great agricultural significance. The family has 12 genera and 235 species, three of which are unassigned to ...
. Attempts have been made to sequence ABrMV. The virus is said to be a significant pathogen of the abaca, along with the
Abaca bunchy top virus Abaca bunchy top virus (ABTV) is a pathogenic plant virus of the family ''Nanoviridae''. ABTV has been isolated from both abacá (''Musa textilis'') and banana (Musa sp.). ABTV has many similarities to banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) but is both g ...
. Banana bract mosaic virus also infects the abaca, but it is unknown whether the two viruses are related. Another source describes the main viral pathogens of the abaca as the banana bract mosaic virus and the
sugarcane mosaic virus ''Sugarcane mosaic virus'' (SCMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family ''Potyviridae''. The virus was first noticed in Puerto Rico in 1916 and spread rapidly throughout the southern United States in the early 1920s. SCMV is of great concern ...
, without mentioning this name at all.


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