Metagenomics show high spatiotemporal virus diversity and ecological compartmentalisation: Virus infections of melon, Cucumis melo , crops, and adjacent wild communities

• Published in: Virus evolution Vol. 8; no. 2; p. veac095
• Main Authors: McLeish, Michael J, Zamfir, Adrián D, Babalola, Bisola M, Peláez, Adrián, Fraile, Aurora, García-Arenal, Fernando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.12.2022
• Subjects: reservoir; emergence; plant–virus interactions; ecological network; host range; transmission dynamics

The emergence of viral diseases results from novel transmission dynamics between wild and crop plant communities. The bias of studies towards pathogenic viruses of crops has distracted from knowledge of non-antagonistic symbioses in wild plants. Here, we implemented a high-throughput approach to com...