Plant-Infecting Negative-Strand RNA Viruses
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 480
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant bunyaviruses; potyviruses; potexviruses; unfolded protein response; cell biology; virus-host interactions; bioinformatics; infectious clone technology; viroids
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2. Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Interests: molecular plant virology; superinfection exclusion; virus replication; virus movement; reverse genetics; functional analyses; pathogen-derived resistance and bioinformatics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A wide and diverse array of negative-strand RNA viruses are well-known for their ability to infect both humans and animals. Similarly, several taxonomic families, such as Rhabdoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Tospoviridae, and Phenuiviridae, have been observed to impact cultivated plants and spread plant virus diseases worldwide. In this Special Issue, we aim to gather recent advances in the discovery of plant negative-strand RNA virosphere, as well as to study the mechanisms of negative-strand RNA viruses in plant infection. Contributions of original research, brief reports, communications and literature reviews may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Discovery and/or pathogenesis of plant infecting negative strand RNA virus;
- Epidemiology and vector transmission;
- Virus replication;
- RNA silencing in plants;
- Other cellular and molecular mechanisms of plant virus infection.
Prof. Dr. Jeanmarie Verchot
Dr. Osama O. Atallah
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant virology
- negative-strand RNA virus
- pathogenesis
- epidemiology
- vector transmission
- replication
- silencing
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