Biological control of pathogenic fungi: Can mycoviruses play an important role?

T Tonka, L Walterová, V Čurn - Journal of Central European …, 2022 - jcea.agr.hr
In the past few years, huge economic and environmental losses have resulted by fungal
pathogens in agriculture and food production worldwide. Fungal toxins also pose a threat for …

[HTML][HTML] The good, the bad and the cryptic: The multifaceted roles of mycoviruses and their potential applications for a sustainable agriculture

HA Khan, L Nerva, MF Bhatti - Virology, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycoviruses are natural inhabitants of fungi and have been identified in almost all fungal
taxonomic groups. Mycoviruses that infect phytopathogenic fungi are now becoming a hot …

Mycoviruses: trends in plant-fungus-mycovirus interactions and 'biocontrol'prospects in agriculture and the environment

EM NDIFON, GN CHOFONG - Acta agriculturae Slovenica, 2023 - journals.uni-lj.si
Mycoviruses are cosmopolitan in plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, in soils, and water. There is
a scarcity of information about them, which necessitated this review to provide some leads …

Mycoviruses in biological control: From basic research to field implementation

MD García-Pedrajas, MC Cañizares… - …, 2019 - Am Phytopath Society
Mycoviruses from plant pathogens can induce hypovirulence (reduced virulence) in their
host fungi and have gained considerable attention as potential biocontrol tools. An …

[PDF][PDF] A review paper on mycoviruses

A Abbas - Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, 2016 - researchgate.net
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 …

Transmission of mycoviruses: new possibilities

Ž Buivydaitė, A Winding, R Sapkota - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi. In recent years, an increasing number of
mycoviruses have been reported in a wide array of fungi. With the growing interest of …

Mycoviral gene-incorporating phytopathogenic fungi: a biocontrol agent

T Das, A Prasad, A Dey - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
Fungal pathogens cause devastating agroeconomic losses. Chemical fungicides are used
to control fungal diseases, although this is not an ecofriendly approach. A recent study by …

Fungal viruses: an unlikely ally

A Ali - Applied plant virology, 2020 - Elsevier
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 of filamentous fungi and their relevance to plant pathology

MN Pearson, RE Beever, B Boine… - Molecular plant …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Mycoviruses (fungal viruses) are reviewed with emphasis on plant pathogenic fungi. Based
on the presence of virus‐like particles and unencapsidated dsRNAs, mycoviruses are …

[PDF][PDF] Fungal viruses: Promising fundamental research and biological control agents of fungi

S Wang, M Ongena, D Qiu, L Guo - SM Virol, 2017 - researchgate.net
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 …