Figure 1.

Strategy applied to uncover the virome of Agave species. The dot in the map indicates the localization of Monteiro, in the state of Paraíba. Agave fourcroydes, Agave sisalana and Agave Hybrid 11648 (and their respective organ samples) are indicated in different tones of green, for differentiation purposes. The following methods are indicated in the lower portion of the figure; RNA extraction, DNA extraction, high-throughput sequencing in the Illumina platform, and bioinformatics analysis (see further details in the Material and Methods section).