Lucerne Australian symptomless virus

Lucerne Australian symptomless virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Picornavirales
Family: Secoviridae
Genus: Nepovirus
Species:
Nepovirus australiaense
Synonyms
  • Lucerne Australian latent virus SM strain

Lucerne Australian symptomless virus (LASV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the genus Nepovirus.[1]

It is a tentative sadwavirus, identified on the plant Medicago sativa which was introduced to Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Nepovirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  2. ^ Wylie, Stephen J.; Luo, Hao; Li, Hua; Jones, Michael G. K. (2012). "Multiple polyadenylated RNA viruses detected in pooled cultivated and wild plant samples". Archives of Virology. 157 (2): 271–284. doi:10.1007/s00705-011-1166-x. PMID 22075920.