Viruses threatening stable production of cereal crops

• Main Author: Takahide Sasaya (auth)
• Other Authors: Nobuhiro Suzuki (auth), Il-Ryong Choi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Insect vector; cereal; Luteovirus; phytorevovirus; barley; Maize; rice; Tenuivirus; Polerovirus
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Cereal crops such as maize, wheat, and rice account for a majority of biomass produced globally in agriculture. Continuous economic and population growth especially in developing countries accompanied more intensive production of cereal crops to meet increasing demands for them as main staple foods...