Viruses cause epidemics on all major cultures of agronomic importance, representing a
serious threat to global food security. As strict intracellular pathogens, they cannot be …

Viruses are the obligatory intracellular parasites infecting microbes, plants, animals, and
humans. They are dead outside host cell but can take-over the host's cell machinery as soon …

Cucurbit crops may be affected by at least 28 different viruses in the Mediterranean basin.
Some of these viruses are widely distributed and cause severe yield losses while others are …

Taxonomy: Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) is an aphid‐transmitted plant virus belonging to
the genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae, with a positive sense RNA genome. PRSV isolates …

Cross-protection is a phenomenon in which infection of a plant with a mild virus or viroid
strain protects it from disease resulting from a subsequent encounter with a severe strain of …

In the last decades, the interest in biological activity of natural compounds has been
growing. In plant protection, essential oils have been reported to exhibit antiviral …

Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) seriously limits papaya (Carica papaya L.) production in
tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. Coat protein (CP)-transgenic papaya …

Cross protection application of HA5-1, an attenuated mutant of papaya ringspot virus
(PRSV) HA strain from Hawaii, was withdrawn from Taiwan due to the narrow geographic …

The effectiveness of pest and disease management in crops relies on knowledge about their
presence and distribution in crop-producing areas. Aphids and whiteflies are among the …

Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) causes severe damage to papaya (Carica papaya L.) and is
the primary limiting factor for papaya production worldwide. A nitrous acid-induced mild …