The Panel on Plant Health of the European Food Safety Authority (@EFSA_EU) has published a risk assessment of the #avocado sunblotch #viroid, including a review of the pathogen and its quarantine aspects. The viroid causes a serious disease of avocado with significant losses in yield and fruit quality - see the EFSA Journal (2023, vol. 21, issue 7, art. e08116) - https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8116

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"Mining metatranscriptomes reveals a vast world of viroid-like circular RNAs"

#RNA #viroid #ribozyme

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01582-3

Novel #Viroid‐Like RNAs Naturally Infect a Filamentous #Fungus - Dong - 2023 - Advanced Science - Wiley Online Library

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202204308

Mining #metatranscriptomes reveals a vast world of #viroid-like circular RNAs: Cell

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01582-3