Chestnut blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, has been effectively controlled with double-stranded RNA hypoviruses in Europe for over 40 years. The marked reduction in the virulence of C. parasitica by hypoviruses is a phenomenon known as hypovirulence. This virus-fungus pathosystem has become a model system for the study of biological control of fungi with viruses. We studied...

Fungi, similar to all species, are susceptible to viral infection. Aspergillus is arguably the most well studied fungal genus because of its medical, ecological and economical significance. Mycoviruses were initially detected in Aspergillus species almost 50 years ago and the field continues to be active today with ground-breaking discoveries. The aim of the present review is to cover the scien...

The vascular plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae has to adapt environmental changes outside and inside its host. V. harbors homologs of Neurospora crassa clock genes. molecular functions interactions Frequency (Frq) Frq-interacting RNA helicase (Frh) in controlling conidia or microsclerotia development were investigated JR2. Fungal mutant strains carrying gene deletions, an FRH point m...