K. Arthur

TL;DR: Two hypotheses for the origin of mycoviruses of plant pathogens are discussed: the first that they are of unknown but ancient origin and have coevolved along with their hosts, and the second that they have relatively recently moved from a fungal plant host into the fungus.

TL;DR: These findings reveal that CPK sequence diversification into four major groups occurred in parallel with the terrestrial transition of plants, and demonstrates the functional diversification of CPKs based on expression and functional studies in different plant species.

TL;DR: Preparedness and response plans for a myrtle rust incursion in New Zealand should consider the values that Māori derive from these plants, who have and continue to use the properties of some species in many ways.

TL;DR: The full genome sequence of Velvet tobacco mottle virus is attained using a genome-walking strategy with both degenerate and specific primers, and confirms that VTMoV is a sobemovirus, with the same open reading frame (ORF) organisation as other described Sobemoviruses.

TL;DR: Nucleotide sequence variation among the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase open reading frames of 15 field and laboratory isolates identified four phylogenetic groups, but these did not show a pattern related to site or time of sampling, consistent with nucleotide sequence variants of VTMoV being dispersed widely by migrating adult mirid vectors.