New and emerging plant diseases are caused by different pathogens including viruses that
often cause significant crop losses. Badnaviruses are pararetroviruses that contain a single …

In vitro culture offers many advantages for yam germplasm conservation, propagation and
international distribution. However, low virus titres in the generated tissues pose a challenge …

Sugarcane is a strategic cash crop having a deep impact on social and governmental issues
on many people around the globe. Rapid climatic change and intensification as mono …

Next-generation sequencing of total RNA samples from four Croatian autochthonous
grapevine varieties revealed the presence of a novel virus in two grapevine accessions. The …

White areas of star‐type bicolour petals of petunia (Petunia hybrida) are caused by post‐
transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) of the key enzyme of anthocyanin biosynthesis. We …

Many species of the genus Camellia are native to China, and several species such as C.
japonica have been cultivated as garden plants for over 1,000 years. Virus-like symptoms …

The incidence of cacao swollen shoot disease (CSSD) in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) has
increased in West Africa since~ 2000. To investigate the genomic and species diversity of …

Background Sugarcane is host of many viral pathogens that affects its growth and
productivity. High-throughput sequencing (HTS) is comprehensive diagnostic platform that …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) plants are potentially hosts to a diverse range of badnavirus species
(genus Badnavirus, family Caulimoviridae), but their detection is complicated by the …

Yams (Dioscorea spp.) host a diverse range of badnaviruses (genus Badnavirus, family
Caulimoviridae). The first complete genome sequence of Dioscorea bacilliform RT virus 3 …