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[[File:CowpeaMosaicVirus3D.png|250px|thumb|left|Cowpea mosaic virus molecule (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Thomas Splettstoesser<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CowpeaMosaicVirus3D.png Wikimedia Commons]]]
 
[[File:CowpeaMosaicVirus3D.png|250px|thumb|left|Cowpea mosaic virus molecule (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Thomas Splettstoesser<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CowpeaMosaicVirus3D.png Wikimedia Commons]]]
 
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Revision as of 21:00, 28 May 2015


Cowpea mosaic virus molecule (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Thomas Splettstoesser
Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Groups of plant viruses  
DNA families
Caulimoviridae (25 species)
Geminiviridae (82 species)
RNA families (assigned)
Mononegavirales (15 species)
Picornavirales (40 species)
Tymovirales (77 species)
RNA families (unassigned)
Bromoviridae (25 species)
Bunyaviridae (0 species)
Closteroviridae (31 species)
Luteoviridae (0 species)
Potyviridae (85 species)
Tombusviridae (34 species)
Virgaviridae (30 species)
other groups (9 species)


Plant viruses

Viruses are subcellular particles which consist of proteins and either RNA or DNA. They invade cells and use the metabolism of their host cells to multiply. Plant viruses cause important diseases of cultivated plants.


For more details see the respective page in Wikipedia.




To navigate among the pages in this group use the box on the right or click on a family in the list below. Of course, you always have the option of using the wiki search function.


Families of plant viruses: