J. S. Hoyer

Phylogeographic analysis of Begomovirus coat and replication-associated proteins

The paper reevaluates begomovirus phylogeographic groupings using coat and replication-associated proteins, finding broad support for AAEO and Americas groupings but not fine-scaled divisions.

A Transducing Bacteriophage Infecting Staphylococcus epidermidis Contributes to the Expansion of aNovel Siphovirus Genus and Implies Genus is Inappropriate for Phage Therapy

The paper reports a novel siphovirus phage infecting Staphylococcus epidermidis that can transduce antibiotic resistance, suggesting the genus is unsuitable for phage therapy.

Rapid multilocus adaptation of clonal cabbage leaf curl virus populations to Arabidopsis thaliana

This study shows rapid adaptation of CabLCV populations in Arabidopsis thaliana through spontaneous mutations and convergent evolution, challenging the assumption of high adaptation.

Interspecies recombination has driven the macroevolution of cassava mosaic begomoviruses

This study shows that interspecies recombination drives speciation in cassava mosaic begomoviruses, contributing to their rapid evolution and genetic diversity.

Population diversity of cassava mosaic begomoviruses increases over the course of serial vegetative propagation

This study shows that vegetative propagation increases viral diversity in cassava mosaic begomoviruses over time, while temperature and satellite DNA have minimal impact.

An improved experimental pipeline for preparing circular ssDNA viruses for next-generation sequencing

The paper presents an optimized protocol for sequencing single-stranded DNA viruses using rolling circle amplification and size selection, achieving at least 50% read mapping to the viral reference genome.

Deeply sequenced infectious clones of key cassava begomovirus isolates from Cameroon

The paper deeply sequences and makes publicly available infectious clones of two cassava begomoviruses from Cameroon.

Functional dissection of the ARGONAUTE7 promoter

The paper identifies transcription factors binding to the ARGONAUTE7 promoter in Arabidopsis thaliana and shows that SPL and TCP families are involved, though not essential for AGO7 function or expression pattern.

Raspberry Pi Powered Imaging for Plant Phenotyping

This paper describes three low-cost Raspberry Pi-based imaging platforms for plant phenotyping, enabling high-throughput data collection and analysis using open-source tools.