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Many species of fungi have been shown to harbor double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) elements. A single fungal isolate of Rhizoctonia solani may have as many as five different dsRNA elements within them. The presence of specific dsRNA elements influence pathogenicity in host plants.
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Charlton, N., Tavantzis, S., Cubeta, M. (2009). Detection of Double-Stranded RNA Elements in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Rhizoctonia solani . In: Burns, R. (eds) Plant Pathology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 508. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-062-1_14
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