The world's staple food crops, and other food crops that optimize human nutrition, suffer from
global virus disease pandemics and epidemics that greatly diminish their yields and/or …

The diseases caused by thrips-transmitted tospoviruses (genus Tospovirus, family
Bunyaviridae) are a major constraint to production of important vegetable, legume and …

Geminiviruses form the second largest family of plant viruses, the Geminiviridae,
represented by four genera: Mastrevirus, Curtovirus, Topocuvirus and Begomovirus. During …

Tomato yellow leaf curl (TYLC) is one of the most devastating viral diseases of cultivated
tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, and losses …

Abstract The concept of “Top Ten” lists of plant pathogens is in vogue in recent years, and
plant viruses are no exception. However, the only list available has more to do with historical …

Emerging infectious diseases, most of which are considered zoonotic in origin, continue to
exact a significant toll on society. The origins of major human infectious diseases are …

This work provides evidence of the significant contribution of recombination to the genetic
diversification of emerging begomovirus populations. In southern Spain, Tomato yellow leaf …

Geminiviruses have spread worldwide and have become increasingly important in crop
plants during recent decades. Recombination among geminiviruses was one major source …

Plant pathogenic geminiviruses have been proliferating worldwide and have, therefore,
attracted considerable scientific interest during the past three decades. Current knowledge …

High throughput sequencing (HTS) has revolutionised virus detection and discovery,
allowing for the untargeted characterisation of whole viromes. Viral metagenomics studies …