luteovirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A virus of the Luteoviridae family that mainly infects plants via aphid vectors.

Word forms

luteovirus luteoviruses

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin luteus (“yellow”), referring to the symptomatic yellowing of an infected plant.

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