Abstract
Cole Latent Virus (CoLV), genus Carlavirus, family Betaflexiviridae, has elongated flexuous particles of about 650 nm in length, and its genome consists of single-stranded RNA. This virus, which until now has only been described infecting brassica in Brazil, is transmitted mechanically and by aphids in a non-persistent manner. In the natural hosts, the CoLV infections are asymptomatic or …