Many scientists, if not all, feel that their particular plant virus should appear in any list of the
most important plant viruses. However, to our knowledge, no such list exists. The aim of this …

Viruses are common agents of plant infectious diseases. During last decades, worldwide
agriculture production has been compromised by a series of epidemics caused by new …

The discovery of the first non-cellular infectious agent, later determined to be tobacco
mosaic virus, paved the way for the field of virology. In the ensuing decades, research …

Pathogens induce severe damages on cultivated plants and represent a serious threat to
global food security. Emerging strategies for crop protection involve the external treatment of …

For virus infections of multicellular hosts, narrow genetic bottlenecks during transmission
and within-host spread appear to be widespread. These bottlenecks will affect the …

The bottleneck governing infectious disease transmission describes the size of the pathogen
population transferred from the donor to the recipient host. Accurate quantification of the …

Despite rapidly growing to immense sizes, virus populations suffer repeated severe
bottlenecks, both within hosts and when transmitted from host to host. The potential effect of …

In recent years, mathematical modeling has increasingly been used to complement
experimental and observational studies of biological phenomena across different levels of …

This review provides a synopsis of transcriptional responses pertaining to interactions
between plant viruses and the insect vectors that transmit them in diverse modes. In the …

The capacity to spread by diverse transmission pathways enhances a virus' ability to spread
effectively and survive when circumstances change. This review aims to improve …