Journal article
Plant virus ecology
PLoS Pathogens, Vol.9(5), e1003304
2013
Abstract
Viruses have generally been studied either as disease-causing infectious agents that have a negative impact on the host (most eukaryote-infecting viruses), or as tools for molecular biology (especially bacteria-infecting viruses, or phage). Virus ecology looks at the more complex issues of virus-host-environment interactions. For plant viruses this includes studies of plant virus biodiversity, including viruses sampled directly from plants and from a variety of other environments; how plant viruses impact species invasion; interactions between plants, viruses and insects; the large number of persistent viruses in plants that may have epigenetic effects; and viruses that provide a clear benefit to their plant hosts (mutualists). Plants in a non-agricultural setting interact with many other living entities such as animals, insects, and other plants, as well as their physical environment. Wild plants are almost always colonized by a number of microbes, including fungi, bacteria and viruses. Viruses may impact any of these interactions [1].
Details
- Title
- Plant virus ecology
- Authors/Creators
- M.J. Roossinck (Author/Creator) - Pennsylvania State University
- Publication Details
- PLoS Pathogens, Vol.9(5), e1003304
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Identifiers
- 991005541634107891
- Copyright
- © 2013 Marilyn J. Roossinck
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Note
- This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- Citation topics
- 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
- 3.267 Virology - Plant
- 3.267.356 Plant Virus Interactions
- Web Of Science research areas
- Microbiology
- Parasitology
- Virology
- ESI research areas
- Microbiology