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turnip yellow mosaic virus

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turnip yellow mosaic virus

[¦tər·nəp ‚yel·ō mō′zā·ik ‚vī·rəs]
(virology)
The type species of the genus Tymovirus, it is transmitted mechanically and via beetles, causing chloroplast clumping. Abbreviated TYMV.
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