Unraveling viruses associated with yellowing disease of cucurbitaceous crops in Tamil Nadu (India) through metatranscriptome sequencing

First Report of Moroccan Watermelon Mosaic Virus (MWMV) infecting Cucurbita pepo in Slovenia

From June to August 2025, cucurbit plants showing mosaic, blistering, crinkling, yellowing, and leaf deformation were collected from 27 locations in Slovenia (Supplementary Figure 1, 2) during an official survey for viruses listed in Annex II of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. Six composite samples (...

Genome Characterization of a Novel Bisegmented Positive-Sense RNA Virus Infecting the Bean Flower Thrips (Megalurothrips usitatus) Reveals an Active Antiviral RNAi Response

This study provides the first characterization of this virus in the bean flower thrips, enhancing the understanding of the bean flower thrips virome and demonstrating that MUaV1 is capable of infecting the bean flower thrips and activating its antiviral RNAi response.

Molecular characterization and evolutionary dynamics of a mixed begomovirus infection associated with chilli leaf curl disease in Odisha, India.

Occurrence of Yellowing Viruses (CABYV, CCYV, and MABYV) in Cucurbit Crops in Korea and Development of a Multiplex RT-PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection

A multiplex RT-PCR assay was developed to simultaneously detect CABYV, CCYV, and MABYV in a single reaction, successfully differentiating single and mixed infections with a detection limit of a 10-3 dilution.

Metatranscriptomic profiling uncovers a distinctive pepper virome in tropical Indonesia

RNA-Seq-based metatranscriptomics reveals a CMV-dominated but regionally structured pepper virome in West Java and provides a foundation for virus surveillance and disease management in Indonesia.

First Report of Lychnis mottle virus Infecting Wild Tea ( Camellia taliensis ) in Yunnan, China

Lychnis mottle virus (LycMoV; genus Stralarivirus, family Secoviridae; RNA1, KR011032; RNA2, KR011033) is a bipartite positive-sense RNA virus previously reported from Lychnis spp. and associated with mottle symptoms (Fuchs et al. 2022; Yoo et al. 2015). Camellia taliensis (“Dali Cha”), a wild tea species, is known to...