Fifteen families of mycoviruses have been described and 80% of these catalogued.
However, their evolutionary relationship with fungi is not clear. The mycovirus genome can …

Plant diseases caused by fungal pathogens are a major cause of yield loss in agriculture
and forestry. Mycoviruses have been discovered in many important plant pathogenic fungi …

Chestnut blight, caused by the invasive fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, is one of the few
tree diseases in Europe for which biological control is possible. The fungus may be infected …

Approximately a year ago, when I accepted the offer to act as a Guest Editor for the Special
Issue 'Mycoviruses' organised by the MDPI journal Viruses, I dared not expect that …

Mycoviruses are very significant viruses, which are found to be infecting fungi. These
Mycoviruses require the living cells of their hosts for replicate like the plant and animal …

In disease ecology, parasite transmission is a key parameter important at both
epidemiological and evolutionary scales. Mycoviruses can be transmitted both horizontally …

Mycoviruses (viruses of fungi) infect all forms of fungi, including those that cause diseases in
humans and plants. Most mycovirus infections are symptomless and do not induce …

Mycoviruses, just as the fungal endophytes they infect, are ubiquitous biological entities on
Earth. Mycoviruses constitute a diverse group of viruses, and metagenomic approaches …

Fungal viruses (mycoviruses) exist in all major groups of fungi. The primary focus of this
review is viruses of filamentous fungi, especially plant pathogens, with emphasis on the …

Abstract Purpose of Review The collective virome of forest trees can be considered to
include not only plant viruses, but also viral communities harbored by all tree-associated …