Abaca bract mosaic virus
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Abaca bract mosaic virus (ABrMV) is a
plant pathogenic 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. M ...
of the family Potyviridae. 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.
Banana bract mosaic virus Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) is a plant pathogenic 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 with ...
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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