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Implications of Engineered Transmissible Hypovirulence for Biological Control of Chestnut Blight

The recent application of molecular analysis to the study of hypovirulence-associated viral RNAs has revealed considerable new information regarding the genetic organization, expression strategy and possible origin of these genetic elements and has resulted in the identification of viral genes that are capable of conferring specific hypovirulence-associated traits. These studies have culminated in the construction of an infectious cDNA clone of a hypovirulence-associated viral RNA. Combined, these developments provide exciting new opportunities for examining the molecular basis of transmissible hypovirulence and for engineering hypovirulent strains for improved biological control of chestnut blight.


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Author(s): Donald L. Nuss

Publication: American Chestnut Proceedings - 1992