RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 The use of mycoviruses in the control of forest diseases
A1 Muñoz Adalia, Emigdio Jordán
A1 Fernández Fernández, María Mercedes
A1 Díez Casero, Julio Javier
K1 Micovirus
K1 Protección forestal
K1 Forest protection
K1 Mycoviruses
K1 2417.09 Fitopatología
AB Fifteen families of mycoviruses have been described and 80% of these catalogued. However, their evolutionary relationship with fungi is not clear. The mycovirus genome can be formed by single- or double-stranded RNA or single-stranded DNA. The effects of mycoviruses range from the induction of a cryptic state (asymptomatic) to promotion of hyper- or hypovirulence in the host. Horizontal transmission of mycoviruses is determined by the presence of different vegetative compatibility types and mating types. Biocontrol of chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) has been found to be a successful mycovirus-based treatment and is considered a model in forest disease management. Development of this type of biological control tool for use in other forest pathologies requires a sound knowledge of viral symptomatology and transmission. The present review focuses on the application of mycoviruses and the prospects for future use in the biological control of forest diseases as well as on advances in mycovirus-applied research in forestry, landscape and culture of woody plants.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0958-3157
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/40890
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/40890
LA eng
NO Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2016, 26(5), 577-604.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 25-abr-2024