Interplay between a polerovirus and a closterovirus decreases aphid transmission of the polerovirus
Souheyla Khechmar, Quentin Chesnais, Claire Villeroy, Véronique Brault, Martin Drucker
The paper shows that co-infection of sugar beet with beet chlorosis virus (BChV) and beet yellows virus (BYV) reduces BChV transmission by ~50% without affecting BYV transmission, due to virus-virus interactions altering intracellular distribution.
Microbiology Spectrum · Oct 10, 2024Peer-reviewedPlant Biology