Insect hypovirulence-associated mycovirus confers entomopathogenic fungi with enhanced resistance against phytopathogens.

ABSTRACT: Mycoviruses can alter the biological characteristics of host fungi, including change virulence or pathogenicity of phytopathogens and entomopathogenic fungi (EPF). However, most studies on the mycoviruses found in EPF have focused on the effects of the viruses on the virulence of host fungi towards insect pests, with relatively few reports on the effects to the host fungi with regard to plant disease resistance in hosts. The present study investigated the effects of the mycovirus Beauveria bassiana chrysovirus 2 (BbCV2) virus infection on host biological characteristics, evaluated antagonistic activity of BbCV2 against two phytopathogenic fungi (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea), and transcriptome analysis was used to reveal the interactions between viruse

SUBMITTER: Sui L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404608 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature