Description
Asparagus virus 1 is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae. Virions consist of a capsid. Virus capsid is not enveloped. Capsid/nucleocapsid is elongated with helical symmetry. The capsid is filamentous, flexuous with a clear modal length with a length of 740 nm and a width of 13 nm. Axial canal is indistinct. Basic helix is obscure. Electron microscopic preparation and references: Virus preparation contains few virions.
The virus is serologically related to bean yellow mosaic, lettuce mosaic and turnip mosaic viruses. The virus does not show serological relationships to beet mosaic, iris mild mosaic and potato Y viruses