A summary of this ICTV Report chapter will be published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Neriya, Y., Miozzi, L., Vaira, A.M., Tomitaka, Y. and Sasaya, T. (2026) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Konkoviridae 2026, Journal of General Virology, (in press)
Yutaro Neriya (煉谷裕太朗)
School of Agriculture
Utsunomiya Universit
yUtsunomiya
Japan
E-mail: [email protected]
Laura Miozzi
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
National Research Council
Turin
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
There is only one genus in the family and so the distinguishing features correspond to the family description.
The criteria demarcating species in the genus are:
• Less than 90% identity in the amino acid sequence of the L protein.
Yutaro Neriya (煉谷裕太朗), Laura Miozzi, Anna Maria Vaira, Yasuhiro Tomitaka (冨髙保弘), and Takahide Sasaya (笹谷孝英)
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary to be published as Neriya et al., (2026):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Konkoviridae 2026, Journal of General Virology, (in press)
Virus names, the choice of exemplar isolates, and virus abbreviations, are not official ICTV designations
Exemplar isolate of the species
Arena, G. D., P. L. Ramos-González, M. A. Nunes, C. C. Jesus, R. F. Calegario, E. W. Kitajima, V. M. Novelli and J. Freitas-Astúa (2017). Arabidopsis thaliana as a model host for Brevipalpus mite-transmitted viruses. Scientia Agricola 74: 85-9.
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Pedro L. Ramos-González, Juliana Freitas-Astúa, Jun-Min Li, Antonio Tiberini, Avijit Roy, and Caixia Yang (2023): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: 2026, Journal of General Virology (in press)
Pedro Luis Ramos-González*
Kitaviridae Study Group Chair
Divisão de Sanidade Vegetal
Instituto Biológico
São Paulo, 04014-900 SP
Brazil
E-mail: [email protected]
Juliana Freitas-Astúa
Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura
Cruz das Almas, 44380-000, BA
Brazil
E-mail: [email protected]
Viruses assigned to the genus Higrevirus form a monophyletic group based on a well-supported maximum likelihood tree inferred from the RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRP). Higrevirus genomes are split into three segments and encode a novel specialized transport module called binary movement block (BMB). Hibiscus green spot virus 2 (HGSV2, Higrevirus waimanalo) causes non-systemic infections and is transmitted by mites of the genus Brevipalpus.
