Plant diseases are often thought to be caused by one species or even by a specific strain.
Microbes in nature, however, mostly occur as part of complex communities and this has …

The genus Crinivirus includes the whitefly-transmitted members of the family
Closteroviridae. Whitefly-transmitted viruses have emerged as a major problem for world …

Emaravirus (Order Bunyavirales; Family Fimoviridae) is a genus comprising over 20
emerging plant viruses with a worldwide distribution and economic impact. Emaraviruses …

Producers worldwide need access to the best plant varieties and cultivars available to be
competitive in global markets. This often means moving plants across international borders …

The expansion of fruit production and markets into new geographic areas provides novel
opportunities and challenges for the agricultural and marketing industries. Evidence that fruit …

There are few examples of a plant disease as devastating as rose rosette, a disorder that
could lead to total loss for the nursery industry and rosarians alike. Although described over …

Fig mosaic occurs worldwide and is the most common and important viral disease of fig. In
the quest to identify the causal agent of the disease, several new viruses have been …

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 …

Pathogen-tested foundation plant stocks are the cornerstone of sustainable specialty crop
production. They provide the propagative units that are used to produce clean planting …

The estimated global production of raspberry from year 2016 to 2020 averaged 846,515
tons. The most common cultivated Rubus spp. is European red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L …