Global plant virus disease pandemics and epidemics

RAC Jones - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The world's staple food crops, and other food crops that optimize human nutrition, suffer from
global virus disease pandemics and epidemics that greatly diminish their yields and/or …

The epidemiology of plant virus disease: Towards a new synthesis

MJ Jeger - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epidemiology is the science of how disease develops in populations, with applications in
human, animal and plant diseases. For plant diseases, epidemiology has developed as a …

[PDF][PDF] Viral diseases in potato

JF Kreuze, JAC Souza-Dias, A Jeevalatha… - The potato crop: its …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Viruses are among the most significant biotic constraints in potato production. In the century
since the discovery of the first potato viruses we have learned more and more about these …

Molecular analysis of the global population of potato virus S redefines its phylogeny, and has crop biosecurity implications

Ş Topkaya, A Çelik, AI Santosa, RAC Jones - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 2020, 264 samples were collected from potato fields in the Turkish provinces of Bolu,
Afyon, Kayseri and Niğde. RT-PCR tests, with primers which amplified its coat protein (CP) …

Plant and insect viruses in managed and natural environments: Novel and neglected transmission pathways

RAC Jones - Advances in Virus Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The capacity to spread by diverse transmission pathways enhances a virus' ability to spread
effectively and survive when circumstances change. This review aims to improve …

Diversity and infectivity of the RNA virome among different cryptic species of an agriculturally important insect vector: whitefly Bemisia tabaci

HJ Huang, ZX Ye, X Wang, XT Yan, Y Zhang… - npj Biofilms and …, 2021 - nature.com
A large number of insect-specific viruses (ISVs) have recently been discovered, mostly from
hematophagous insect vectors because of their medical importance, but little attention has …

Potato virus A isolates from three continents: Their biological properties, phylogenetics, and prehistory

S Fuentes, AJ Gibbs, IP Adams, C Wilson… - …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Forty-seven potato virus A (PVA) isolates from Europe, Australia, and South America's
Andean region were subjected to high-throughput sequencing, and 46 complete genomes …

Potato virus Y; the Andean connection

S Fuentes, RAC Jones, H Matsuoka, K Ohshima… - Virus …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Potato virus Y (PVY) causes disease in potatoes and other solanaceous crops. The
appearance of its necrogenic strains in the 1980s made it the most economically important …

Evidence that an Unnamed Isometric Virus Associated with Potato Rugose Disease in Peru Is a New Species of Genus Torradovirus

R Alvarez-Quinto, M Amao, G Muller… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
A previously uncharacterized torradovirus species infecting potatoes was detected by high-
throughput sequencing from field samples from Peru and in customs intercepts in potato …

Historical virus isolate collections: An invaluable resource connecting plant virology's pre‐sequencing and post‐sequencing eras

RAC Jones, N Boonham, IP Adams, A Fox - Plant Pathology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many laboratories maintain historical collections of preserved plant virus isolates that store a
wealth of untapped data, including original type isolates, studied in the pre‐sequencing era …