Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, 2132 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2132, USA.
Mol Plant Pathol. 2011 Dec;12(9):938-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00752.x. Epub 2011 Oct 21.
Many scientists, if not all, feel that their particular plant virus should appear in any list of the most important plant viruses. However, to our knowledge, no such list exists. The aim of this review was to survey all plant virologists with an association with Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which plant viruses they would place in a 'Top 10' based on scientific/economic importance. The survey generated more than 250 votes from the international community, and allowed the generation of a Top 10 plant virus list for Molecular Plant Pathology. The Top 10 list includes, in rank order, (1) Tobacco mosaic virus, (2) Tomato spotted wilt virus, (3) Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, (4) Cucumber mosaic virus, (5) Potato virus Y, (6) Cauliflower mosaic virus, (7) African cassava mosaic virus, (8) Plum pox virus, (9) Brome mosaic virus and (10) Potato virus X, with honourable mentions for viruses just missing out on the Top 10, including Citrus tristeza virus, Barley yellow dwarf virus, Potato leafroll virus and Tomato bushy stunt virus. This review article presents a short review on each virus of the Top 10 list and its importance, with the intent of initiating discussion and debate amongst the plant virology community, as well as laying down a benchmark, as it will be interesting to see in future years how perceptions change and which viruses enter and leave the Top 10.
许多科学家（如果不是全部的话）认为他们所研究的特定植物病毒应该出现在任何最重要的植物病毒列表中。然而，据我们所知，这样的列表并不存在。本综述的目的是调查所有与分子植物病理学有联系的植物病毒学家，请他们根据科学/经济重要性提名他们将放入“十大”的植物病毒。该调查从国际社会获得了 250 多张选票，并生成了一份适合分子植物病理学的十大植物病毒清单。十大病毒清单按排名顺序包括：（1）烟草花叶病毒，（2）番茄斑萎病毒，（3）番茄黄曲叶病毒，（4）黄瓜花叶病毒，（5）马铃薯 Y 病毒，（6）花椰菜花叶病毒，（7）非洲木薯花叶病毒，（8）李痘病毒，（9）雀麦花叶病毒和（10）马铃薯 X 病毒，此外还有一些排名稍低但也很重要的病毒，包括柑橘衰退病毒、大麦黄矮病毒、马铃薯卷叶病毒和番茄丛矮病毒。本文对十大病毒清单中的每一种病毒及其重要性进行了简短的回顾，旨在引发植物病毒学界的讨论和辩论，并为未来几年设定一个基准，因为观察哪些病毒的认知发生了变化，哪些病毒进入或退出十大病毒清单将会很有趣。
