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__**//WHAT IS IT?//**__
**Taxonomic name:** Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)

**Synonyms:** Banana bunchy top virus BBTV

**Common names:** abaca bunchy top virus, banana bunchy top disease (BBTD), BBTV, bunchy top, bunchy top virus, laufeti�iti�i (Samoan-American Samoa)

**Organism type:** micro-organism

//Banana bunchy top virus// (BBTV) is the pathogen which causes banana bunchy top disease of bananas. It is transmitted by the aphid vector, //Pentalonia nigronervosa// and is considered to be the most economically destructive of the virus diseases affecting bananas worldwide.
 * //Banana bunchy top virus// is pathogenic to bananas and and economically destructive to the worldwide banana industry**