High-Throughput Sequencing for Deciphering the Virome of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.).

ABSTRACT: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), also known as lucerne, is a major forage crop worldwide. In the United States, it has recently become the third most valuable field crop, with an estimated value of over $9.3 billion. Alfalfa is naturally infected by many different pathogens, including viruses, obligate parasites that reproduce only inside living host cells. Traditionally, viral infections of alfalfa have been considered by breeders, growers, producers and researchers to be diseases of limited importance, although they are widespread in all major cultivation areas. However, over the past few years, due to the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing (HTS), viral metagenomics, bioinformatics tools for interpreting massive amounts of HTS data and the increasing accessibility of pub

SUBMITTER: Bejerman N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518122 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature