Nomenclature Synonyms oat rhabdovirus, oat striate rhabdovirus, oat striate mosaic virus, American wheat striate mosaic virus, wheat striate mosaic virus. Natural host range and symptoms Symptoms persist. Triticum dicoccum, T. vulgare, T. durum, Bromus inermis, Eragrostis cilianensis , Panicum capillare - faint chlorotic streaks along the veins, clearest on the abaxial surfaces of leaves, then necrosis. Brown necrotic spots and streaks develop in some cultivars.
Wheat plants die or become stunted with sterile heads.
Transmitted in a persistent manner. Experimentally infected plants mostly show severe striate mosaic. Hordeum vulgare and Zea mays - mild chlorotic striping. Triticum vulgare . Maintenance and propagation hosts Bromus inermis, Triticum durum .