Phytopathology
Asynchronous Viral Spread of Two Unrelated Viruses Determines Lettuce Big Vein Disease Symptom Development.
Willem E W Schravesande, Peter M de Heer, Maurice Heilijgers, Javier Carrillo-Reche, Adriaan Verhage, Harrold A van den Burg
Published: 202510.1094/PHYTO-04-25-0155-R
Abstract
Lettuce big-vein disease (LBVD) is a major disease affecting lettuce cultivation worldwide. LBVD is caused by two unrelated negative-stranded RNA viruses, that is, Mirafiori lettuce big-vein virus (MiLBVV; Ophiovirus mirafioriense; Aspiviridae) and L…
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