New and Emerging Plant Viruses

Alireza Golnaraghi, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Protection, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University. He is also a researcher in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, and in the Department of Biodiversity, BoomZista Institute, both in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Golnaraghi has made significant contributions on viruses and endophytic microbes, especially in wild plants in natural ecosystems. He has published over 50 national/international papers, authored several books, contributed in writing two book chapters, and presented more than 65 papers in national and international conferences. Rajarshi Kumar Gaur, PhD, is Professor of Biotechnology at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He handles many national and international grants and collaborative projects on plant viruses and disease management. He has made significant contributions on sugarcane viruses and published 130 national and international papers, authored 20 edited books, and presented many papers at national and international conferences. He has received several fellowships and awards and has visited several laboratories in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Thailand, Sweden, and Italy. He has received several fellowships. His PhD was on molecular characterization of sugarcane viruses, viz., mosaic, streak mosaic and yellow luteovirus.

PART 1: DIFFERENT SOURCES OF PLANT VIRUSES 1. Tracking of Plant Viruses in Different Sources: A Huge Gap Between Estimated and Known Diversity 2. Wild Plants: a Source of Emerging Viruses and Their Impact on Agriculture and Food Security 3. Tobacco and Weeds as Hidden Sources of Plant Viruses Threatening Vegetable Production of Solanaceae Crops 4. Diversity and Phylogeography of Begomoviruses and DNA Satellites Associated with Weed Hosts 5. Diversity of Arthropod Vectors of Plant Viruses 6. The Pomegranate Viruses and Their Pathogenic Expression 7. Virome and Vectorome Analyses of Vectors: New Approaches for Evolutionary Studies of Plant Viruses 8. Weeds and Wild Relatives as Undetermined Plant Virus Sources: Detection and Diagnosis PART 2: PLANT VIRUS-HOST INTERACTION/EVOLUTION 9. Implications of Mixed Infection on Disease Pathogenicity and Epidemiology 10. Understanding Begomovirus and Its Host Relationship 11. Plant Viruses: An Inquisitive Journey from Old to New World