Land plants host a vast and diverse virome that is dominated by RNA viruses, with major
additional contributions from reverse-transcribing and single-stranded (ss) DNA viruses …

Kitaviridae is a family of plant-infecting viruses that have multiple positive-sense, single-
stranded RNA genomic segments. Kitaviruses are assigned into the genera Cilevirus …

Six novel insect-specific viruses, isolated from mosquitoes and phlebotomine sand flies
collected in Brazil, Peru, the United States, Ivory Coast, Israel, and Indonesia, are described …

The etiology of citrus leprosis was initially contested. In the United States, Fawcett and
Burger in 1911 (cited by Bitancourt [8]) suggested that the disease was caused by the …

Citrus leprosis complex is an emerging disease in the Americas, associated with two
unrelated taxa of viruses distributed in South, Central, and North America. The cytoplasmic …

Highlights•Increasing number of full-sequenced Brevipalpus-transmitted viruses
(BTVs).•BTVs are mainly detected in South America, likely their biodiversity's hotspot.•Mite …

The genome sequences of new viruses often contain many “orphan” or “taxon-specific”
proteins apparently lacking homologs. However, because viral proteins evolve very fast …

Citrus pests are a serious issue for crop growers, causing problems in yield and economic
losses. This title studies mites harmful to citrus plants from various citrus growing regions …

The recently described taxon Negevirus is comprised of a diverse group of insect-specific
viruses isolated from mosquitoes and phlebotomine sandflies. In this study, a …

The first cases of ornamental plants found infected by Brevipalpus transmitted viruses (BTV)
were described in the 1990's from the region of Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil; …