Bromoviridae Family Plant Viruses

Plant viruses of the family Bromoviridae, including the cucumoviruses and ilarviruses, whose genomes are split among three pieces of RNA packaged in separate particles. A virus belongs here when its cited article places it in the family Bromoviridae or in the genus Cucumovirus or Ilarvirus. Some spread by aphids, while others pass through pollen and seed, so infected planting material can carry them over long distances and into new orchards and fields. Symptoms range from mosaics and ring spots to stunting and poor yield across vegetables, fruit trees, roses and hops. Management relies on virus-tested planting material, control of weeds that shelter the virus, aphid control where aphids spread it and removal of infected plants. This heading gathers the Bromoviridae viruses of the atlas so a visitor can compare their hosts and the diseases they cause.