Rapid advances in nanopore technologies for sequencing single long DNA and RNA
molecules have led to substantial improvements in accuracy, read length and throughput …

Plant pathogenic microorganisms cause substantial yield losses in several economically
important crops, resulting in economic and social adversity. The spread of such plant …

Plant viral diseases are the foremost threat to sustainable agriculture, leading to several
billion dollars in losses every year. Many viruses infecting several crops have been …

While traditional microbiological freshwater tests focus on the detection of specific bacterial
indicator species, including pathogens, direct tracing of all aquatic DNA through …

Global food production, food supply chains and food security are increasingly stressed by
human population growth and loss of arable land, becoming more vulnerable to …

The ongoing degradation of natural systems and other environmental changes has put our
society at a crossroad with respect to our future relationship with our planet. While the …

Viruses cause a big fraction of economically important diseases in major crops, including
tomato. In the past decade (2011–2020), many emerging or re-emerging tomato-infecting …

The development of climate change resilient crops is necessary if we are to meet the
challenge of feeding the growing world's population. We must be able to increase food …

Early detection of plant diseases is a crucial factor to prevent or limit the spread of a rising
infection that could cause significant economic loss. Detection test on plant diseases in the …

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies have become indispensable tools
assisting plant virus diagnostics and research thanks to their ability to detect any plant virus …