Table 1. Characteristics of the Benyviridae family.

Typical member:	beet necrotic yellow vein virus isolate Japan S (RNA1: D84410; RNA2: D84411; RNA3: D84412; RNA4: D84413; RNA5: D63936), species Beet necrotic yellow vein virus, genus Benyvirus
Virion	Non-enveloped, rod-shaped particles about 20 nm in diameter and up to about 390 nm long with two or more modal lengths
Genome	Two segments of polyadenylated positive-sense RNA (approximately 7 and 4.6 kb) and up to three additional RNA components of 1.3–1.8 kb
Replication	Cytoplasmic, probably associated with the endoplasmic reticulum
Translation	Directly from genomic or intracellular subgenomic RNAs
Host range	Plants
Taxonomy	One genus