Co-Infection with Three Mycoviruses Stimulates Growth of a Monilinia fructicola Isolate on Nutrient Medium, but Does Not Induce Hypervirulence in a Natural Host
Monilinia fructicola and Monilinia laxa are the most destructive fungal species infecting stone fruit (Prunus species).High-throughput cDNA sequencing of M.laxa and M.fructicola isolates collected from stone fruit orchards revealed that 14% of isolates were infected with one or more of three mycoviruses: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum hypovirus 2 (SsHV2,