Physiological variations in hypovirus-infected wild and model long-term laboratory strains of Cryphonectria parasitica.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Forest ecosystems are highly threatened by the simultaneous effects of climate change and invasive pathogens. Chestnut blight, caused by the invasive phytopathogenic fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, has caused severe damage to European chestnut groves and catastrophic dieback of American chestnut in North America. Within Europe, the impacts of the fungus are widely mitigated through biological control that utilizes the RNA mycovirus: Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV1). Viral infections, similarly to abiotic factors, can cause oxidative stress in their hosts leading to physiological attrition through stimulating ROS (reactive oxygen species) and NOx production.

Methods

To fully understand the interactions leading to the biocontrol of chestnut blight, it is v

SUBMITTER: Popovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324583 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature