Betacarmovirus brassicae

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EM mircograph of particles of turnip crinkle virus, scale bar = 100 nm
Authors: Keith Saunders and George P. Lomonossoff
Source: Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015, vol. 6, art. 1138, p. 6

Betacarmovirus brassicae

Assigned virus:
turnip crinkle virus (TCV)

This virus infects turnip and other Brassicaceae. It has become a commonly used virus for investigating the molecular biology of Carmoviruses and plant-virus interactions. TCV can be propagated in popular experimental plants like Arabidopsis thaliana or Nicotiana benthamiana.