Fuladvand S. & Hosseini S.A. 2015. Fungi and fungal-like organisms vectors of plant viruses. Plant Pathology Science 4(2):53-63.
The fungi Olpidium brassica and O. boronovanus , and two fungal-like species, Polymyxa beta and P. graminis, are known as important vectors of plant viruses. All of these microorganisms are obligate parasite of root and transmit the viruses belong to at least 12 genera and four families of plant viruses. In this paper, these vectors and their life cycle, transmitted viruses, methods of the acquiring and transmission of them are described.
