“…Thus began the study of the ophioviruses Ranunculus white mottle virus (RWMV) (Vaira et al, 1997), Mirafiori lettuce big-vein virus (MiLBVV) (Roggero et al, 2000), Lettuce ring necrosis virus (LRNV) (Torok et al, 2002(Torok et al, , 2003 and Freesia sneak virus (FreSV) (Vaira et al, 2006). Most, if not all these viruses have been found around the world (Roistacher 1993;Navarro et al, 2004;Martin et al, 2006;Ghazal et al, 2008;Vaira et al, 2007Vaira et al, , 2009Plesko et al, 2009;Barcala Tabarrozzi et al, 2010).…”