Molecular and biological characterization of a distinct species of Lolavirus infecting different accessions of seashore paspalum, a turfgrass, widely grown in the United States
Sayanta Bera, Taylor F. Schulden, Xiaojun Hu, Peter E. Abrahamian, Yang Yu, Anna L. Paulson, Amy Harvey-White, Shreena Pradhan, Katrien M. Devos, Christina Devorshak, Joseph A. Foster, Bishwo N. Adhikari
The paper identifies a new Lolavirus species, PaLV, infecting seashore paspalum, characterizes its genome, and develops a detection method.
bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2025 · PreprintPathology