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 …

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 …

Virocontrol involves biocontrol of pathogens via hypovirulence-causing mycoviruses. This
chapter discusses the characteristics of mycoviruses and the conditions that need to be met …

Mycoviruses from plant pathogens can induce hypovirulence (reduced virulence) in their
host fungi and have gained considerable attention as potential biocontrol tools. An …

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 (fungal viruses) are reviewed with emphasis on plant pathogenic fungi. Based
on the presence of virus‐like particles and unencapsidated dsRNAs, mycoviruses are …

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 …

There appear to be over a million of fungal species including those that have been
unidentified and unreported, where a variety of viruses make a world as well. Studies on a …

Viruses are widespread in all major groups of fungi. The transmission of fungal viruses
occurs intracellularly during cell division, sporogenesis, and cell fusion. They apparently …

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 …