Natural Cross-Kingdom Spread of Apple Scar Skin Viroid from Apple Trees to Fungi

Natural Cross-Kingdom Spread of Apple Scar Skin Viroid from Apple Trees to Fungi

Viroids are the smallest known infectious agents that are thought to only infect plants. Here, we reveal that several species of plant pathogenic fungi that were isolated from apple trees infected with apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) carried ASSVd naturally. This finding indicates the spread of viroi...

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Main Authors: Mengyuan Tian, Shuang Wei, Ruiling Bian, Jingxian Luo, Haris Ahmed Khan, Huanhuan Tai, Hideki Kondo, Ahmed Hadidi, Ida Bagus Andika, Liying Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Cells
Subjects:
Viroid
filamentous fungi
cross-infection
hypovirulence
Mycobiome
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/22/3686

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