Mushroom Virus Disease - Biology and Epidemiology
Viruses are essentially non-living particles that need to exist inside a host to be able to survive and multiply. Two virus diseases of Agaricus bisporus are known:
La France disease, first recorded in 1948 in the United States.
Mushroom Virus X (MVX) disease, first recorded in the United Kingdom in 1996.
… If virus disease is not identified early and management strategies implemented, virus infected mushroom spores will accumulate on farm, creating disease reservoirs.
This Article was originally produced for the Australian Mushroom Journal Issue 4 2020.
