Bunyaviruses affect growth and apoplastic effector production in Phytophthora cactorum

Phytophthora cactorum hosts mycoviruses, whose effects on the host have not been studied. In the present study, two viruses of the order Bunyavirales significantly reduced hyphal growth in the host isolate, and the virus colonization also increased the elicitin production as detected by RNA-seq and proteomic analyses.