New insights into mycoviruses and exploration for the biological control of crop fungal diseases

J Xie, D Jiang - Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi. A growing number of novel mycoviruses have
expanded our knowledge of virology, particularly in taxonomy, ecology, and evolution …

Extracellular transmission of a DNA mycovirus and its use as a natural fungicide

X Yu, B Li, Y Fu, J Xie, J Cheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Mycoviruses are thought not to be infectious as free particles and to lack an extracellular
phase in their life cycles, limiting the broad use of hypovirulence-associated mycoviruses in …

[HTML][HTML] A 2-kb mycovirus converts a pathogenic fungus into a beneficial endophyte for Brassica protection and yield enhancement

H Zhang, J Xie, Y Fu, J Cheng, Z Qu, Z Zhao, S Cheng… - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi, and hypovirulence-associated mycoviruses have
the potential to control fungal diseases. However, it is unclear how mycovirus-mediated …

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 …

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 …

A geminivirus-related DNA mycovirus that confers hypovirulence to a plant pathogenic fungus

X Yu, B Li, Y Fu, D Jiang, SA Ghabrial… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi and have the potential to control fungal diseases of
crops when associated with hypovirulence. Typically, mycoviruses have double-stranded …

[HTML][HTML] 50-plus years of fungal viruses

SA Ghabrial, JR Castón, D Jiang, ML Nibert, N Suzuki - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Mycoviruses are widespread in all major taxa of fungi. They are transmitted intracellularly
during cell division, sporogenesis, and/or cell-to-cell fusion (hyphal anastomosis), and thus …

Viruses of the plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

D Jiang, Y Fu, L Guoqing, SA Ghabrial - Advances in virus research, 2013 - Elsevier
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a notorious plant fungal pathogen with a broad host range
including many important crops, such as oilseed rape, soybean, and numerous vegetable …

Viruses of plant pathogenic fungi

SA Ghabrial, N Suzuki - Annual review of phytopathology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Mycoviruses are widespread in all major groups of plant pathogenic fungi. They are
transmitted intracellularly during cell division, sporogenesis, and cell fusion, but apparently …

Hypovirulence: mycoviruses at the fungal–plant interface

DL Nuss - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005 - nature.com
Whereas most mycoviruses lead'secret lives', some reduce the ability of their fungal hosts to
cause disease in plants. This property, known as hypovirulence, has attracted attention …