Beet yellows virus (BYV) | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group IV ((+)ssRNA) |
Family: | Closteroviridae |
Genus: | Closterovirus |
Species: | Beet yellows virus |
Beet yellows virus (BYV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Closteroviridae. Beet yellows virus is transmitted by multiple species of aphid and causes a yellowing disease in Beta vulgaris and Spinacia oleracea.