Sunday, 24 February 2013

Wild plants are infected with many viruses and still thrive

University Park, PA (SPX) Feb 25, 2013



Researchers have studied viruses as agents of disease in humans, domestic animals and plants, but a study of plant viruses in the wild may point to a more cooperative, benevolent role of the microbe, according to a Penn State virologist.

"Most of these wild plants have viruses," said Marilyn Roossinck, professor of plant pathology and environmental microbiology and biology, who has examine