Eco-Evolutionary Regimes of Plant Virus Emergence in Mexico

Flor C. Alcántar-Aguirre authored a perspective paper synthesizing historical, epidemiological, and molecular evidence on plant virus and viroid emergence in Mexico. The 17.5 KB document, published on figshare in April 2026, organizes evidence into three dominant eco-evolutionary regimes shaping viral evolution.

Use Cases

• Analyzing case studies of annual and perennial crops to understand interactions between vector ecology, host genetic diversity, and production practices.
• Classifying viral emergence events into regimes like endemic persistence, evolutionary entrenchment, or rapid emergence driven by agricultural intensification.
• Synthesizing molecular evidence to trace viral evolutionary trajectories and adaptive diversification in Mexican agroecosystems.

Strengths

• Synthesizes evidence from multiple domains: historical records, epidemiological data, and molecular studies.
• Provides a structured framework of three distinct eco-evolutionary regimes for analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 17.5 KB perspective document, not a quantitative data table, limiting computational analysis.
• No raw data, sample counts, or specific columnar features are provided for model training.
• Focus is exclusively on Mexican agroecosystems, limiting direct geographic generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Flor C. Alcántar-Aguirre.

Collection Method

Synthesis and perspective based on reviewed historical, epidemiological, and molecular evidence.

Time Range

null

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

Mexico, with focus on its agroecosystems.