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October 15, 2024
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Mycologists and Virologists Align: Proposing Botrytis cinerea for Global Mycovirus Studies

Publicated to: Viruses-Basel. 16 (9): 1483- - 2024-09-01 16(9), DOI: 10.3390/v16091483

Authors:

Khalifa, ME; Ayllón, MA; Coy, LR; Plummer, KM; Gendall, AR; Chooi, KM; van Kan, JAL; MacDiarmid, RM
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Affiliations

Damietta Univ, Fac Sci, Bot & Microbiol Dept, Dumyat 34517, Egypt - Author
La Trobe Univ, Australian Res Council, Res Hub Sustainable Crop Protect, Bundoora, Vic 3086, Australia - Author
La Trobe Univ, La Trobe Inst Sustainable Agr & Food, Sch Agr Biomed & Environm, Dept Anim Plant & Soil Sci, Bundoora, Vic 3086, Australia - Author
New Zealand Inst Plant & Food Res Ltd, Auckland 1025, New Zealand - Author
Univ Auckland, Sch Biol Sci, Auckland 1010, New Zealand - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Ctr Biotecnol & Genom Plantas, Inst Nacl Invest & Tecnol Agr & Alimentaria INIA, CSIC, Madrid 28223, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Agron Alimentaria & Biosi, Dept Biotecnol Biol Vegetal, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Wageningen Univ, Lab Phytopathol, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, Netherlands - Author
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Abstract

Mycoviruses are highly genetically diverse and can significantly change their fungal host's phenotype, yet they are generally under-described in genotypic and biological studies. We propose Botrytis cinerea as a model mycovirus system in which to develop a deeper understanding of mycovirus epidemiology including diversity, impact, and the associated cellular biology of the host and virus interaction. Over 100 mycoviruses have been described in this fungal host. B. cinerea is an ideal model fungus for mycovirology as it has highly tractable characteristics-it is easy to culture, has a worldwide distribution, infects a wide range of host plants, can be transformed and gene-edited, and has an existing depth of biological resources including annotated genomes, transcriptomes, and isolates with gene knockouts. Focusing on a model system for mycoviruses will enable the research community to address deep research questions that cannot be answered in a non-systematic manner. Since B. cinerea is a major plant pathogen, new insights may have immediate utility as well as creating new knowledge that complements and extends the knowledge of mycovirus interactions in other fungi, alone or with their respective plant hosts. In this review, we set out some of the critical steps required to develop B. cinerea as a model mycovirus system and how this may be used in the future.
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Keywords

Botrytis cinereaChestnut blight fungusDouble-stranded-rnaModel systemMolecular characterizationMosaic-virusMovement proteinMycoviruMycovirusPathogenic fungusPlanRoot-rot fungusSilencing suppressionVirus taxonomy

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Viruses-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Infectious Diseases.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 10.

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/89173/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 193
  • Downloads: 74
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; Egypt; Netherlands; New Zealand.

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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by the Project I+D+i PID2020-120106RB-I00 supported by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ to MAA; by a La Trobe University Post Graduate Research Scholarship and a La Trobe University Full Fee Research Scholarship to LRC; by the Australian Government Linkage Grant Scheme through the Australian Research Council Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection (Project Number IH190100022) to ARG.
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