Abstract
Closteroviridae: the beginning
Highlights
Forty years ago, an unusual name— closterovirus—was coined for an unusual group of elongated plant viruses (BarJoseph and Hull, 1974)
This essay reflects my personal encounter with these viruses between 1966 and 1986, a period that could be considered the beginning of the emergence of the Closteroviridae as an exciting complex virus family
The first two viruses assigned to this group, Beet yellows virus (BYV) and Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), have significant economic importance and, attracted considerable biological and epidemiological attention long before their molecular characterization
Summary
An unusual name— closterovirus—was coined for an unusual group of elongated plant viruses (BarJoseph and Hull, 1974). Edited by: Ricardo Flores, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (UPV-CSIC), Spain Pedro Moreno, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain Bryce Falk, University of California, Davis, USA Giovanni P.
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