The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Plant Biology Division, Ardmore, OK 73402, United States.
Curr Opin Virol. 2011 Jul;1(1):63-7. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2011.05.022. Epub 2011 Jul 4.
Studies on plant virus biodiversity are in their infancy, but with new technologies we can expect to see more information about novel plant viruses in the near future. The challenge for virus biodiversity work is that viruses do not have any universal coding sequence, such as ribosomal RNAs found in all cellular life. These obstacles are being overcome in clever ways. Understanding what exists in our natural environment will help us to tackle big issues in agriculture, such as disease emergence and the use of beneficial viruses and other microbes.
对植物病毒多样性的研究还处于起步阶段，但随着新技术的出现，我们有望在不久的将来获得更多关于新型植物病毒的信息。病毒多样性研究的挑战在于，病毒没有任何通用的编码序列，例如所有细胞生物中都存在的核糖体 RNA。这些障碍正在以巧妙的方式被克服。了解我们自然环境中存在的病毒将有助于我们解决农业领域的重大问题，如疾病的出现以及有益病毒和其他微生物的利用。
