Virusul mozaicului la eleusine
- Finger millet mosaic virus,
FMMV, Nucleorhabdovirus, Rhabdoviridae,
sinonime: Eleusine mosaic virus,
Millet finger mosaic virus, (Ref. Pop,
2009, TVV, IV, 129). A fost observat prima data
la Eleusine coracana in India
(Rao s.a., 1965, Indian
Phytopath. 18, 139), plantele infectate natural manifestand dungi,
mozaic, marmorare si cloroza generala. Virionii se
gasesc in spatiul perinuclear in toate partile
plantei gazda. Experimental, virusul nu se
transmite prin inoculare de suc, iar in natura se
raspandeste prin insecta Sagatella
longifurcifera din familia Delphacidae.
Virionii au forma de bastoane sau cartus, cu o lungime modala clara de 285 nm si grosimea de 80 nm.