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ArticleNature communications2025

In-depth analysis of 17,115 rice transcriptomes reveals extensive viral diversity in rice plants.

Yu Zhu, Ali Raza, Qing Bai, Chengwu Zou, Jiangshuai Niu, Zhongxin Guo, Qingfa Wu

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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7 authors.

Yu ZhuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9146-4487
Ali RazaDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1197-5503
Qing BaiDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3505-4426
Chengwu ZouState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources and Key Laboratory for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2836-2930
Jiangshuai NiuVector-borne Virus Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Zhongxin GuoVector-borne Virus Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Qingfa WuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, China. wuqf@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5420-6213

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31871927National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32030087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rice viruses seriously threaten rice cultivation and cause significant economic losses, but they have not yet been systematically identified, with only 20 rice-infecting viruses reported. Here, we perform a large-scale analysis of 17,115 RNA-seq libraries spanning 24 Oryza species across 51 countries. Using de novo assembly and homology-based methods, we identify 810 complete or near-complete viruses, including 276 known viruses and 534 novel viruses. Given the high divergence and atypical genome organizations of novel viruses, more than a half of them are tentatively assigned to 1 new order, 61 new families, and at least 104 new genera. Utilizing homology-independent approaches, we additionally identify 49 divergent RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs), which are confirmed by protein structural alignment. Furthermore, we analyze the metadata of related Sequence Read Archive (SRA) libraries and estimated viral abundance in each library, leading to the screening of 427 viruses closely associated with rice plants. Overall, our study vastly expands the viral diversity in rice plants, providing insights for the prevention and control of viral disease.

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OryzaPlant DiseasesPlant VirusesTranscriptomeGenetic VariationGenome, ViralPhylogenyRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral ProteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral Proteins

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