ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Tospoviridae 2026
Tospoviridae is a family of plant viruses with genomes consisting of three molecules of negative-sense or ambisense ssRNA, comprising about 17 kb in total. Virions are enveloped, with spherical or pleomorphic morphology, and display surface projections composed of two viral glycoproteins. Arthropods in the family Thripidae serve as biological vectors for transmission to plants. Members of the family are responsible for economically important diseases in vegetable, field and ornamental crops. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Report on the family Tospoviridae , which is available at ictv.global/report/tospoviridae .
Authors
- Scott T. Adkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-8414)
- Anna E. Whitfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3538-015X)
- Massimo Turina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9659-9470)
- R. A. Naidu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7273-5116)
- Paolo Margaria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8670-1331)
- Özgur Batuman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3975-2317)
- Holly R. Hughes
- Amalendu Ghosh
Institutions
- University of Jordan (JO)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- United States Department of Agriculture (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IT)
- U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory (US)
- National Research Council (IT)
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IN)
- Washington State University (US)
- Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Virology
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002353
- Primary Topic
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00