mycovirus
Americannoun
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mycoviruses
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Origin of mycovirus
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Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have discovered that a mycovirus that infects plant pathogenic oomycete Globisporangium ultimum can increase the latter's sensitivity to specific fungicides.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
These findings advance the current understanding of the roles that mycoviruses play and their potential for sustainable agriculture.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
The team plans to further explore the promise of mycoviruses as a biological control tool across different species and environmental conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
Despite the growing number of mycoviruses identified recently, their effects on host oomycetes have remained largely unexplored.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
When these oomycetes are infected by certain mycoviruses, however, their ability to cause disease can be weakened -- a phenomenon known as hypovirulence -- making mycoviruses potential biocontrol agents.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
Additionally, the virus that infects Bd was hard to find because most known viruses that infect fungi, called mycoviruses, are RNA viruses.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2024
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