Blessing in disguise: Mycoviruses enhance fungicide effectiveness against plant pathogens

Blessing in disguise: Mycoviruses enhance fungicide effectiveness against plant pathogens

As detrimental as viruses may sound, they can be helping hands for farmers when it comes to dealing with plant pathogens. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have discovered that a mycovirus that infects plant pathogenic oomycete Globisporangium ultimum can increase the latter’s sensitivity to specific fungicides. Their findings could lead to innovative approaches for controlling plant … Read more