We are a dynamic research team focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of plant-virus-vector interactions. Our mission is to develop new foundational knowledge of plant viruses and to translat...

When viruses invade a plant, you might expect an all-out immune war. But new research published in Science shows that, much like in humans, too strong an immune response can actually do more harm…

What looks like a danger to the things we enjoy signals deeper vulnerabilities in the food system we depend on.

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Grapevine red blotch disease emerged as a major threat to the North American viticulture more than 25 years ago. Prior to the discovery of its causal agent, grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV), the dise...

Plant viruses present significant challenges to global agriculture, causing crop losses, threatening food security, and imposing economic burdens. Advances in biotechnology have revolutionized strateg...

Plant viruses, which can cause devastating plant diseases, are obligate intracellular pathogens that replicate their genomes inside cells and spread infection by cell-to-cell movement through cell wal...

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Barreat et al. describe the discovery of deltavirus genomic fossils (ẟEVEs) in multiple species of termites. The wide expression of ẟEVEs in termites and a host gene fusion indicate that some ẟEVEs ma...

The mosquito Aedes aegypti harbors a wide range of persistent viral infections, including both medically important arboviruses and insect-specific viruses (ISVs). However, the mechanisms underpinning ...

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We investigated the protein composition of the brush border membrane of larval Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips), an agriculturally significant crop pest and vector of plant pathogens...

Author summary Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) poses a major threat to rice production in Africa. We explored through a multidisciplinary approach the links between the history of rice in East Africa ...

ORGANIZER: Anna Whitfield, North Carolina State University, Councilor For Plant Virology A satellite symposium featuring key topics in plant virology spanning molecular mechanisms of gene expression…