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A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools
Cannabis sativa cultivation is experiencing a period of renewed interest due to the new opportunities for its use in different sectors including food, techno-industrial, construction, pharmaceutical and medical, cosmetics, and textiles. Moreover, its properties as a carbon sequestrator and soil impr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10384868/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37515219 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15071532 |
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author | Miotti, Niccolò Passera, Alessandro Ratti, Claudio Dall’Ara, Mattia Casati, Paola |
author_facet | Miotti, Niccolò Passera, Alessandro Ratti, Claudio Dall’Ara, Mattia Casati, Paola |
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description | Cannabis sativa cultivation is experiencing a period of renewed interest due to the new opportunities for its use in different sectors including food, techno-industrial, construction, pharmaceutical and medical, cosmetics, and textiles. Moreover, its properties as a carbon sequestrator and soil improver make it suitable for sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation strategies. The increase in cannabis cultivation is generating conditions for the spread of new pathogens. While cannabis fungal and bacterial diseases are better known and characterized, viral infections have historically been less investigated. Many viral infection reports on cannabis have recently been released, highlighting the increasing threat and spread of known and unknown viruses. However, the available information on these pathogens is still incomplete and fragmentary, and it is therefore useful to organize it into a single structured document to provide guidance to growers, breeders, and academic researchers. This review aims to present the historical excursus of cannabis virology, from the pioneering descriptions of virus-like symptoms in the 1940s/50s to the most recent high-throughput sequencing reports. Each of these viruses detected in cannabis will be categorized with an increasing degree of threat according to its potential risk to the crop. Lastly, the development of viral vectors for functional genetics studies will be described, revealing how cannabis virology is evolving not only for the characterization of its virome but also for the development of biotechnological tools for the genetic improvement of this crop. |
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spelling | pubmed-103848682023-07-30 A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools Miotti, Niccolò Passera, Alessandro Ratti, Claudio Dall’Ara, Mattia Casati, Paola Viruses Review Cannabis sativa cultivation is experiencing a period of renewed interest due to the new opportunities for its use in different sectors including food, techno-industrial, construction, pharmaceutical and medical, cosmetics, and textiles. Moreover, its properties as a carbon sequestrator and soil improver make it suitable for sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation strategies. The increase in cannabis cultivation is generating conditions for the spread of new pathogens. While cannabis fungal and bacterial diseases are better known and characterized, viral infections have historically been less investigated. Many viral infection reports on cannabis have recently been released, highlighting the increasing threat and spread of known and unknown viruses. However, the available information on these pathogens is still incomplete and fragmentary, and it is therefore useful to organize it into a single structured document to provide guidance to growers, breeders, and academic researchers. This review aims to present the historical excursus of cannabis virology, from the pioneering descriptions of virus-like symptoms in the 1940s/50s to the most recent high-throughput sequencing reports. Each of these viruses detected in cannabis will be categorized with an increasing degree of threat according to its potential risk to the crop. Lastly, the development of viral vectors for functional genetics studies will be described, revealing how cannabis virology is evolving not only for the characterization of its virome but also for the development of biotechnological tools for the genetic improvement of this crop. MDPI 2023-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10384868/ /pubmed/37515219 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15071532 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Miotti, Niccolò Passera, Alessandro Ratti, Claudio Dall’Ara, Mattia Casati, Paola A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools |
title | A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools |
title_full | A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools |
title_fullStr | A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools |
title_full_unstemmed | A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools |
title_short | A Guide to Cannabis Virology: From the Virome Investigation to the Development of Viral Biotechnological Tools |
title_sort | guide to cannabis virology: from the virome investigation to the development of viral biotechnological tools |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10384868/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37515219 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15071532 |
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