Publications by authors named "D Voncina"
Article Synopsis
- A team of over 180 researchers from more than 40 countries is addressing the issues related to "phantom agents," which are proposed pathogenic agents that are listed without concrete evidence of their existence.
- These phantom agents, identified only through symptoms and lacking proper isolates or genetic data, create obstacles for trade and plant certification, making effective detection and risk assessment difficult.
- The researchers recommend removing these agents from regulatory lists and updating standards in line with modern diagnostic methods to facilitate germplasm exchange and support global agriculture.
Grapevine virus A (GVA) is an economically important virus and a member of the genus (family ) that causes a range of symptoms with qualitative and quantitative effects on grape production. Wild and domesticated species of , including hybrids used as rootstocks, are considered important natural hosts of GVA. Mechanical transmission to some herbaceous plant species, graft transmission, and vector transmission from grape to grape by various mealybugs and soft scale insects have been reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe biological characteristics of grapevine viruses, such as their transmission and host range, are important for the adoption of successful prophylaxis strategies. The aim of this study was to investigate the traits of two newly described grapevine viruses widely distributed in Croatia, grapevine badnavirus 1 (GBV-1) and grapevine virus G (GVG). The vine mealybug () proved to be a vector of GBV-1 and GVG capable of vine-to-vine transmission with overall experimental transmission rates of 61% and 14.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrapevine virus G (GVG) is a recently discovered vitivirus infecting grapevines. Historically, viruses in the genus have been associated with the grapevine rugose wood disease. Based on new and previously reported GVG isolates, primers and probes were developed for real-time RT-PCR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrapevine badnavirus 1 (GBV-1) was recently discovered in grapevine using high throughput sequencing. In order to carry out large-scale testing that will allow for better insights into virus distribution, conventional and real-time PCR assays were developed using sequences both from previously known, and four newly characterized isolates. Throughout the growing season and dormancy, GBV-1 can be detected by real-time PCR using available tissue, with the possibility of false-negative results early in vegetation growth.
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