Expanding insights into plant rhabdovirus diversity through the discovery of viruses representing 32 putative novel species.
Botermans M, de Koning PPM, Westenberg M, Adams IP, Mansour KB
Plant Viruses
PubMedUnknown plant viruses can silently devastate crops and garden plants — discovering them is the first step toward protecting the food we eat and the gardens we tend.
Viruses don't just infect animals and people — plants get them too, and there are far more of these plant viruses than we realized. A team of researchers went hunting and found 32 brand-new types of viruses that belong to a family known for causing plant diseases. Finding them is like drawing a map of hidden threats so we know what we might be dealing with in farms, forests, and gardens.
Key Findings
32 putative novel virus species were discovered, all within the plant-infecting rhabdovirus family (Rhabdoviridae).
The discoveries substantially expand the known diversity of rhabdoviruses capable of infecting plants.
Supplementary genomic or sequence data was published alongside the study, providing a resource for future research and detection efforts.
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Scientists have identified 32 previously unknown virus species that infect plants, all belonging to a group called rhabdoviruses. This significantly expands our understanding of how many different plant-attacking viruses exist in nature.
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Plant-infecting rhabdoviruses (family The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00705-026-06609-1.
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