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Viruses > Plant Viruses > Geminiviridae

Preferred term

Geminiviridae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Geminivirus
  • Geminiviruses

Scope note

  • A family of plant viruses where the VIRION possesses an unusual morphology consisting of a pair of isometric particles. Transmission occurs via leafhoppers or whitefly. Some viruses cause economically important diseases in cultivated plants. There are four genera: Mastrevirus, Curtovirus, Topocuvirus, and BEGOMOVIRUS.

History note

  • 1997(1994)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017791

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