Interactions Between Drought and Plant Genotype Change Epidemiological Traits of Cauliflower mosaic virus.

ABSTRACT: Plants suffer from a broad range of abiotic and biotic stresses that do not occur in isolation but often simultaneously. Productivity of natural and agricultural systems is frequently constrained by water limitation, and the frequency and duration of drought periods will likely increase due to global climate change. In addition, phytoviruses represent highly prevalent biotic threat in wild and cultivated plant species. Several hints support a modification of epidemiological parameters of plant viruses in response to environmental changes but a clear quantification of plant-virus interactions under abiotic stresses is still lacking. Here we report the effects of a water deficit on epidemiological parameters of Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), a non-circulative virus transmitted by ap

SUBMITTER: Berges SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5976794 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature