Beet yellows virus
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Beet yellows virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Closteroviridae
. Beet yellows virus is transmitted by multiple species of aphid
and causes a yellowing disease in Beta vulgaris and Spinacia oleracea.
Closteroviridae
The Closteroviridae are a family of viruses plant viruses with filamentous, helically constructed particles showing distinct cross-banding and varying in length from 650 nanometers to over 2000 nm. The genome is a single strand of positive sense RNA whose size varies from 13 - 19...
. Beet yellows virus is transmitted by multiple species of aphid
Aphid
Aphids, also known as plant lice and in Britain and the Commonwealth as greenflies, blackflies or whiteflies, are small sap sucking insects, and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions...
and causes a yellowing disease in Beta vulgaris and Spinacia oleracea.