Viruses shuttle between fungi and plants

Jichun Jia; Daohong Jiang; Jiatao Xie

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2024.04.013

Viruses shuttle between fungi and plants

Trends Microbiol. 2024 May 7:S0966-842X(24)00115-X. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2024.04.013. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Jichun Jia¹, Daohong Jiang², Jiatao Xie³

Affiliations

¹ College of Plant Protection, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, Shanxi Province, China.
² National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
³ National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Electronic address: jiataoxie@mail.hzau.edu.cn.

PMID: 38719702
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2024.04.013

Abstract

The intimate relationships between plants and fungi provide an opportunity for the shuttling of viruses. Dai et al. recently discovered that a virus undergoes cross-kingdom transmission, and naturally spreads to both plant and fungal populations. This finding expands our understanding of viral host range, evolution, transmission, and disease management.

Keywords: cross-kingdom infection; fungal virus; plant virus; virus transmission.