Environment and evolution modulate plant virus pathogenesis.

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The study of plant viruses has focussed on those causing diseases in crops and, only recently, in wild plants. However, increasing evidence shows that plant viruses often are neutral, or even beneficial, for their hosts. Thus, plant viruses can be conditional mutualists, although the underlying mechanisms have been seldom analyzed. Little is known about what environmental factors modulate virus pathogenesis, and...

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