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CROP VIRUSES AND VIRUS DISEASES: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

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Viruses were distinguished as a separate group of plant pathogens in the 1890s, as a consequence of pioneering studies in Russia and the Netherlands (Bos, 2000). They have since received much attention from plant pathologists and more recently from molecular biologists. Nevertheless, the information available on the distribution, prevalence, and importance of plant viruses and the diseases they cause is still incomplete and any attempt to present a global perspective is fraught with difficulties.

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  1. Natural Environment Research Council, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford, U.K.

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  2. Institute of Resistance Research and Pathogen Diagnostics, Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants, Aschersleben, Germany

    Thomas Kühne

  3. Taras Shevchenko’ Kyiv National University, Ukraine

    Valery P. Polishchuk

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Thresh, J. (2006). CROP VIRUSES AND VIRUS DISEASES: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. In: Cooper, I., Kühne, T., Polishchuk, V.P. (eds) Virus Diseases and Crop Biosecurity. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5298-9_2

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