pepper mild tigré virus pepper mild tigré virus pepper mild tigré virus (pepmtv) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family geminiviridae. it was demoted from species status in 2002. pepper mild tigré virus virus classification (unranked): virus realm: monodnaviria kingdom: shotokuvirae phylum: cressdnaviricota class: repensiviricetes order: geplafuvirales family: geminiviridae genus: begomovirus species: incertae sedis virus: pepper mild tigré virus synonyms pepper mild tigre virus pmtv tigre disease virus