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Scientists trace crop viruses back to the last Ice Age
- March 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Long before humans cultivated crops or sailed between continents, a group of plant viruses was already evolving among wild plants in Eurasia. According to a new international study published in Plant Disease, the ancestors of modern tymoviruses likely emerged before the last Ice Age, reshaping scientists' understanding of the vast evolutionary history of plant disease.
Originally published at Phys.org