Virus
comovirus
Subclass of:
Mosaic Viruses;
Secoviridae
Definitions related to comovirus:
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A genus of plant viruses of the family COMOVIRIDAE in which the bipartite genome is encapsidated in separate icosahedral particles. Mosaic and mottle symptoms are characteristic, and transmission is exclusively by leaf-feeding beetles. Cowpea mosaic virus is the type species.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Genus of plant viruses of the family Comoviridae in which the bipartite genome is encapsulated in separate icosahedral particles; mosaic and mottle symptoms are characteristic, and transmission is exclusively by leaf-feeding beetles; cowpea mosaic virus is the type species.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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