Scientists have learned how plants keep viruses from being passed to their offspring, a finding that could ensure healthier crops. The discovery could also help reduce the transmission of diseases ...

For the study, the researchers developed a novel method for identifying key RNA characteristics that can be used to fight Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), which is a worldwide and deadly plant virus ...

RNA viruses, on the the other hand, are a whole other ball park. Since the viruses' genetic information is derived from RNA, mutations can have a major evolutionary impact on the viruses.

Individually tailored RNA or DNA-based molecules are able to reliably fight off viral infections in plants, according to a new study. The researchers were able to fend off a common virus using the ...

They found that the plant viruses all have a protein shell that activates receptors, called toll-like receptors, that are on the surface of immune cells. But what’s unique about cowpea mosaic virus is ...

Transmission to other plants completes a virus’s life cycle. History The first plant virus to be discovered was found on the leaves of tobacco plants in the late 19th Century.

Scientists at ORNL have developed a first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, inside plant cells using a technique that results in a visible fluorescent signal. The technology can ...

Though we know of RNA viruses like COVID-19, West Nile Virus and the flu, little is known about them because the only ones studied are the ones harmful to humans, animals or plants, Sullivan said.

This paper deals with historical virus ecology – understanding how viruses have affected grasslands years ago. The team examined dried California grasses in plant collections from the early 1900s.