Plant viruses constitute a large group of pathogens causing damaging diseases in many
agricultural and horticultural crops around the world. As such, management strategies …

Olea europaea Geminivirus (OEGV) was recently identified in olive in Italy through HTS. In
this work, we used HTS to show the presence of an OEGV isolate in Portuguese olive trees …

In 2014, high-throughput sequencing of libraries of total DNA from olive trees allowed the
identification of two geminivirus-like contigs. After conventional resequencing of the two …

The papers compiled in this issue are a sample of the work shown and discussed at the
Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) conference “International Advances in Plant Virology …

Hollyhock (Alcea rosea) is an annual ornamental plant grown at several places of the world.
Several distinct pathogens including viruses (DNA and RNA), fungus, bacteria, and …

Viral diseases cause severe crop loss worldwide, posing a significant challenge to food
security and crop production. To mitigate the damage caused by viral diseases, it is crucial …

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) crop has great economic and social importance for
Brazil. Production of this vegetable is affected by many diseases, including those induced by …

Plant viruses pose a significant threat to global agriculture, resulting in economic losses and
threatening food security. High-throughput sequencing and molecular techniques are …

Over the last decade, virologists have discovered an unprecedented number of viruses
using high throughput sequencing (HTS), which led to the advancement of our knowledge …

Geminiviruses are plant-infecting, circular single-stranded DNA viruses that have a
geminate virion morphology. These viruses infect both cultivated and non-cultivated …