[Plant-infecting reoviruses]

Uirusu. 2014;64(2):213-24. doi: 10.2222/jsv.64.213.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The family Reoviridae separates two subfamilies and consists of 15 genera. Fourteen viruses in three genera (Phytoreovirus, Oryzavirus, and Fijivirus) infect plants. The outbreaks of the plant-infecting reoviruses cause sometime the serious yield loss of rice and maize, and are a menace to safe and efficient food production in the Southeast Asia. The plant-infecting reoviruses are double-shelled icosahedral particles, from 50 to 80nm in diameter, and include from 10 to 12 segmented double-stranded genomic RNAs depending on the viruses. These viruses are transmitted in a persistent manner by the vector insects and replicated in both plants and in their vectors. This review provides a brief overview of the plant-infecting reoviruses and their recent research progresses including the strategy for viral controls using transgenic rice plants.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cells
  • Genome, Viral / genetics
  • Humans
  • Insecta / cytology
  • Insecta / virology
  • Plant Cells / virology
  • Plant Diseases / virology*
  • Plants / virology*
  • Plants, Genetically Modified / virology
  • Reoviridae* / classification
  • Reoviridae* / genetics
  • Reoviridae* / pathogenicity
  • Reoviridae* / physiology
  • Virus Replication