ABSTRACT Computational investigation of a set of publicly available
plant microRNAs revealed 19
barley- and other
plants-encoded
miRNAs and their near-
complement reverse sequences (
miRNA*) that have potential to bind all B/CYDV
open reading frames (
ORFs) except ORF0 and ORF6. These
miRNAs/
miRNAs*, their binding positions and targets are discussed in the context of
biological protection of
cereals against B/CYDV, based on
antiviral silencing.