Beet yellows virus

Beet yellows virus (BYV)
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Family: Closteroviridae
Genus: Closterovirus
Species: Beet yellows virus

Beet yellows virus (BYV) 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.[1]

References

  1. "Descriptions of Plant Viruses: Beet yellows virus". Retrieved 2011-07-08.


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