The analysis of the virome associated with Freesia refracta plants with necrotic disorder sheds new light on the phylogenetic relationships in the Konkoviridae and Yueviridae families
This is the first untargeted HTS virome analysis of freesia necrotic disorder. Through a combined wet-lab and in silico approach, we identified unknown novel viruses, increasing the current knowledge of the diversity of viral agents that infect freesia, expanding and clarifying the phylogenesis of the very recently ratified families of Konkoviridae and Yueviridae, and highlighting possibly new actors in the freesia necrotic disorder.
Authors
- Roberto Pierro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8305-9355)
- Laura Miozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-8230)
- Silvia Rotunno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9227-2454)
- Monica Marra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3582-1242)
- Fulco Frascati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9444-7186)
- John L. Hammond
- Anna Maria Vaira
Institutions
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Università degli Studi della Tuscia (IT)
- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (US)
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IT)
- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (US)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Virology Journal
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-026-03075-8
- Primary Topic
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission