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A circular single-stranded DNA mycovirus infects plants and confers broad-spectrum fungal resistance
Wang, Xianhong; Kotta-Loizou, Ioly; Coutts, Robert H.A.; Deng, Huifang; Han, Zhenhao; Hong, Ni; Shafik, Karim; Wang, Liping; Guo, Yashuang; Yang, Mengmeng; Xu, Wenxing; Wang, Guoping (2024-06-03)Circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses have been rarely found in fungi, and the evolutionary and ecological relationships among ssDNA viruses infecting fungi and other organisms remain unclear. In this study, a novel ... -
A novel botybirnavirus with a unique satellite dsRNA causes latent infection in Didymella theifolia isolated from tea plants
Ye, Liangchao; Shi, Xinyu; He, Yunqiang; Chen, Jiao; Xu, Qingeng; Shafik, Karim; Fu, Lanning; Yin, Yumeng; Kotta-Loizou, Ioly; Xu, Wenxing (2023-12-12)The unique, recently discovered fungus Didymella theifolia specifically infects local varieties of tea plant Camellia sinensis in China, and therefore, the characterization of its mycoviruses is important. Three double-stranded ...