Badnaviruses (Family: Caulimoviridae; Genus: Badnavirus) are non-enveloped bacilliform
DNA viruses with a monopartite genome containing about 7.2 to 9.2 kb of dsDNA with three …

Banana and plantain (Musa spp.), produced in 10.3 million ha in the tropics, are among the
world's top 10 food crops. They are vegetatively propagated using suckers or tissue culture …

Sequencing of plant nuclear genomes reveals the widespread presence of integrated viral
sequences known as endogenous pararetroviruses (EPRVs). Banana is one of the three …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

The advances in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies and bioinformatic tools
have provided new opportunities for virus and viroid discovery and diagnostics. Hence, new …

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 …

Banana plants are hosts to a large number of Banana streak virus (BSV) species. However,
diagnostic methods for BSV are inadequate because of the considerable genetic and …

Plant pararetroviruses integrate serendipitously into their host genomes. The banana
genome harbors integrated copies of banana streak virus (BSV) named endogenous BSV …

The genome of Musa balbisiana spp. contains several infectious endogenous sequences of
Banana streak virus (eBSV). We have shown previously that in vitro micropropagation …

Plant viruses, possessing a bacilliform shape and containing double‐stranded DNA, are
emerging as important pathogens in a number of agricultural and horticultural crops in the …