phytovirus

From phyto- +‎ virus.

phytovirus (plural phytoviruses)

1. (biology) A plant virus.
   • 2016, Mark Denison, Virus Evolution, page 81:

     Although RNA phytoviruses have been shown to recombine in the field, the proportion of recombinants generated during a single-host infection does not seem to reach the levels of their DNA counterparts, probably because cell co-infection by different genotypes is often limited.