Selective autophagy: the fulcrum of plant–virus interaction

Selective autophagy receptors play both proviral and antiviral roles during plant–virus interaction. However, little is known about the balance between such contradictory dual roles of these receptors. Tong et al. have deciphered the temporal regulation of antiviral and antiplant roles of a selective autophagy receptor, a virus-induced small peptide 1 (VISP1).