The potential hive killer is tobacco ringspot virus, named for the discoloured circles it forms on infected leaves. It has at least 90 different plant hosts and is so difficult to get rid of that ...

Researchers found a relationship between bee deaths and the tobacco ringspot virus. The virus is spread through infected pollen, and it can jump from tobacco plants to soy plants to mites ...

Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV), a pollen-borne pathogen that causes blight in soy crops, was found during routine screening of commercial honeybees at a US Department of Agriculture laboratory ...

The soil-borne viruses found in Scotland appear to have a very wide host-range, and one of them, beet ringspot virus, has been isolated from many species of herbaceous plants, including sugar beet ...

Tanzania has banned imports of soybeans from Malawi to protect its agricultural sector from the presence of the tobacco ringspot virus in that neighboring country. The Tanzania Plant Health and ...