In 1993, severe mosaic and necrosis symptoms were observed on corn (maize) and wheat from several Great Plains states of the USA. Based on the geographical location of infections, the disease was named High Plains disease and the causal agent was tentatively named High Plains virus. Subsequently, researchers renamed this virus as maize red stripe virus and wheat mosaic virus to represent the host and symptom phenotype of the virus. After sequencing the genome of the pathogen, the causal agent of High Plains disease was officially named as High Plains wheat mosaic virus. Hence, High Plains virus, maize red stripe virus, wheat mosaic virus, and High Plains wheat mosaic virus (HPWMoV) are synonyms for the causal agent of High Plains disease.

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高原小麦花叶病毒：一种神秘的小麦和玉米病害，导致高原病

1993 年，在美国几个大平原州的玉米（玉米）和小麦上观察到严重的马赛克和坏死症状。根据感染的地理位置，该病被命名为高原病，病原体暂定为高原病毒。随后，研究人员将这种病毒重新命名为玉米红条病毒和小麦花叶病毒，以代表病毒的宿主和症状表型。在对病原体的基因组进行测序后，高原病害的病原体被正式命名为高原小麦花叶病毒。因此，高原病毒、玉米红条病毒、小麦花叶病毒和高原小麦花叶病毒（HPWMoV）是高原病病原体的同义词。