Kapitel Alle Rechte vorbehalten
Veröffentlicht

Diversity of latent plant–virus interactions and their impact on the virosphere

Viruses and viroids that are not causing symptoms on their initial host plant are described by the terms ‘latent,’ ‘cryptic,’ or ‘symptomless,’ and they represent 7% and 4% of the classified plant viruses and viroids, respectively. Additionally, endogenous plant pararetroviruses that reside in their host genome are often dormant and therefore asymptomatic. Improved sequencing and diagnostic technology has demonstrated that viral sequences are ubiquitously present in the biosphere even if the signs or symptoms of infection are not obvious. Accordingly, the number of latent plant viruses listed today does not reflect the true range of latent viruses existing in plants. Biodiversity within the virosphere comprises virus–host, virus–vector, virus–virus, and virus–viroid interactions. Invasion of new host plants, climatic changes, and changes in plant production and distribution can have a major impact on symptomatic outbreaks of otherwise latent viruses. Here we describe, for selected ornamentals, how these changes can induce latent viruses, and we report on possible underlying biochemical mechanisms. Comparison of virus latency in plant and animal hosts indicates that epigenetic modifications are an important factor for regulation in both systems.

Dateien

Zitieren

Zitierform:
Zitierform konnte nicht geladen werden.

Zugriffsstatistik

Gesamt:
Volltextzugriffe:
Metadatenansicht:
12 Monate:
Volltextzugriffe:
Metadatenansicht:

Rechte

Nutzung und Vervielfältigung:
Alle Rechte vorbehalten