''Sowbane mosaic virus'' (SoMV) is a
pathogen
In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a g ...
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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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, infecting potato and grapevine. Infected species present chlorotic mottling and lesions, followed by yellow flecking and star-shaped patterns.
References
External links
ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database: Sowbane mosaic virusDescriptions of Plant Viruses - Association of Applied Biologists
Sobemoviruses
Viral plant pathogens and diseases
Potato diseases
Viral grape diseases
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