Genomic characterization of novel viruses associated with Olea europaea L. in South Africa

DA Read, G Pietersen, B Slippers, E Steenkamp - Archives of Virology, 2024 - Springer
South Africa has a small but growing olive industry. Until now, no virological research has
been carried out on this crop locally. Seventeen samples were collected from various olive …

Understanding evolutionary and functional relationships of RNA polymerases in plant and fungal viruses through structural modeling and divergence date estimations

J Gracy, M Ghafari, G Labesse, D Fargette, E Hébrard - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps) are crucial for replication of RNA viruses and
serve as key marker genes for defining deep taxonomic ranks and for understanding viral …

Grains, trade and war in the multimodal transmission of Rice yellow mottle virus: an historical and phylogeographical retrospective

I Ndikumana, G Onaga, A Pinel-Galzi, P Rocu, J Hubert… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) is a major pathogen of rice in Africa. RYMV has a narrow
host range limited to rice and a few related poaceae species. We explore the links between …