The Plant Viruses

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Plant Viruses with Bipartite RNA Genomes and Polyhedral Particles

   • B. D. Harrison, A. F. Murant

   Pages 1-15

3. Comoviruses: Identification and Diseases Caused

   • R. A. Valverde, J. P. Fulton

   Pages 17-33

4. Comoviruses: Molecular Biology and Replication

   • R. W. Goldbach, J. Wellink

   Pages 35-76

5. Comoviruses: Transmission, Epidemiology, and Control

   • R. C. Gergerich, H. A. Scott

   Pages 77-98

6. Nepoviruses: General Properties, Diseases, and Virus Identification

   • A. F. Murant, A. T. Jones, G. P. Martelli, R. Stace-Smith

   Pages 99-137

7. Nepoviruses: Molecular Biology and Replication

   • M. A. Mayo, D. J. Robinson

   Pages 139-185

8. Nepoviruses: Transmission by Nematodes

   • D. J. F. Brown, D. L. Trudgill, W. M. Robertson

   Pages 187-209

9. Nepoviruses: Ecology and Control

   • B. D. Harrison, A. F. Murant

   Pages 211-228

10. Fabaviruses: Broad Bean Wilt and Allied Viruses

    • V. Lisa, G. Boccardo

    Pages 229-250

11. Dianthoviruses: Properties, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Control

    • R. I. Hamilton, J. H. Tremaine

    Pages 251-282

12. Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Idaeovirus

    • A. T. Jones, M. A. Mayo, A. F. Murant

    Pages 283-301

13. Pea Enation Mosaic Enamovirus: Properties and Aphid Transmission

    • S. A. Demler, G. A. de Zoeten, G. Adam, K. F. Harris

    Pages 303-344

14. Pea Enation Mosaic Enamovirus: Ecology and Control

    • D. J. Hagedorn

    Pages 345-356

15. Back Matter

    Pages 357-364

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This fifth volume in the series The Plant Viruses, dealing with viruses with bipartite genomes, completes the coverage of viruses with isometric parti­ cles and genomes consisting of single-stranded, positive-sense RNA: viruses that have tripartite and monopartite genomes of this kind were dealt with in Volumes 1 and 3, respectively. How close are the affinities among the viruses within the groupings distinguished in this way? All those with tripartite genomes are considered to be sufficiently closely related to be included in the family Bromoviridae, whereas the monopartite-genome viruses covered in Volume 3 clearly are a much more diverse collection. Affinities among the viruses with bipartite genomes are considered in Chapter 1 of this volume, along with the possible origins, advantages, and disadvantages of these ge­ nomes. The conclusion reached from this assessment is that the bipartite­ genome viruses fall into four categories, those within each category having closer affinities with viruses not included in this book than with viruses in the other categories. No evidence was found that possession of a bipartite genome gives a virus overwhelming advantages over viruses of other sorts. More probably, any advantages are largely balanced by disadvantages, and bipartite genomes may be best considered simply as an alternative design for the hereditary material of a virus.

• RNA
• bean
• biology
• ecology
• epidemiology
• molecular biology
• plant
• virus
• Tree Biology

From a review of Volume 4

`Well-planned and informative...a rich and reliable source of information...a worthy addition to this valuable series.'
Society for General Microbiology Quarterly.

• University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

  B. D. Harrison

• Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK

  A. F. Murant

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