PdV1 isolated from Penicillium digitatum not only is responsible for hypovirulence but also can represse mycelial growth of other P. digitatum strains.
A novel hepta-segmented double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus was isolated and characterized from the strain FJ-4 of the phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum fructicola, and was named Colletotrichum fruc