Mycoviruses (viruses of fungi) are ubiquitous throughout the fungal kingdom and are
currently classified into 23 viral families and the genus botybirnavirus by the International …

Abstract Knowledge of mycovirus diversity, evolution, horizontal gene transfer and shared
ancestry with viruses infecting distantly related hosts, such as plants and arthropods, has …

Viruses that infect fungi are known as mycoviruses and are characterized by the lack of an
extracellular phase. In recent years, the advances on nucleic acids sequencing technologies …

The cosmopolitan fungus Rhizoctonia solani has a wide host range and is the causal agent
of numerous crop diseases, leading to significant economic losses. To date, no cultivars …

Phytophthora castaneae, an oomycete pathogen causing root and trunk rot of different tree
species in Asia, was shown to harbor a rich diversity of novel viruses from different families …

Thanks to the development of HTS technologies, a vast amount of genetic information on the
virosphere of temperate forests has been gained in the last seven years. To estimate the …

Mycoviruses, or fungal viruses, are prevalent in all significant fungal kingdoms and genera.
These low-virulence viruses can be used as biocontrol agents to manage fungal diseases …

The genus Polymycovirus of the family Polymycoviridae accommodates fungal RNA viruses
with different genomic segment numbers (four, five, or eight). It is suggested that four …

Suillus luteus is a widespread edible ectomycorrhizal fungus that holds significant
importance in both ecological and economic value. Mycoviruses are ubiquitous infectious …

Rice sheath blight, caused by the soil-borne fungus Rhizoctonia solani (teleomorph:
Thanatephorus cucumeris, Basidiomycota), is one of the most devastating phytopathogenic …