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Broad functional landscape of geminivirus-encoded C4/AC4 protein
Geminiviruses induce severe developmental abnormalities in crops and cause severe economic losses worldwide. Owing to the limited coding capacity of...
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Application of CRISPR for Plant-Mediated Resistance
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) have emerged as an efficient genome editing... -
Differences in gene expression in whitefly associated with CYSDV-infected and virus-free melon, and comparison with expression in whiteflies fed on ToCV- and TYLCV-infected tomato
BackgroundCucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV; genus Crinivirus, Closteroviridae ) is transmitted in a semipersistent manner by the...
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Differential expression of genes during recovery of Nicotiana tabacum from tomato leaf curl Gujarat virus infection
Main conclusionNicotiana tabacum exhibits recovery response towards tomato leaf curl Gujarat virus. Transcriptome analysis revealed the differential...
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A transition from enemies to allies: how viruses improve drought resilience in plants
Global crop production is severely affected by environmental factors such as drought, salinity, cold, flood etc. Among these stresses, drought is one...
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Entomopathogenic fungi in crops protection with an emphasis on bioactive metabolites and biological activities
Plant pathogens with their abundance are harmful and cause huge damage to different agricultural crops and economy of a country as well as lead...
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Virus–Vector Interactions and Transmission
Plant viruses cause significant economic losses in agriculture by affecting crop yield and quality. The transmission of these viruses often relies on... -
Investigating antiviral activities of iodine-conjugated organic agents against major viruses infecting pepper in Korea
BackgroundPlant viruses cause economic losses by reducing the quantity and quality of major crops. This issue is a growing concern due to the...
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A comprehensive review: persistence, circulative transmission of begomovirus by whitefly vectors
Plant pathogenic viruses rely on insect vectors for transmission. Among insects, hemipterans, including aphids, leafhoppers, plant hoppers,...
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Diseases of Mint
Mint, the genus Mentha, is comprised of 18 species and 11 hybrids (Mentha: an overview of its classification and relationships. In: Lawrence BM (d.)... -
Cuscuta spp. populations as potential reservoirs and vectors of four plant viruses
Members of the genus Cuscuta or dodders represent widely distributed holoparasitic flowering plants with large agricultural and ecological...
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The rising threat of geminiviruses: molecular insights into the disease mechanism and mitigation strategies
BackgroundGeminiviruses are among the most threatening emerging plant viruses, accountable for a huge loss to agricultural production worldwide....
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Population genetic dynamics of southern tomato virus from Turkey
Southern tomato virus (STV) has been reported from many countries. However, the infection status and population structure of STV in Turkey are...
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Current knowledge and implementations of Bemisia tabaci genomic technologies for sustainable control
Bemisia tabaci species complex (whitefly) is one of the most dangerous pests that destroy many important crops worldwide. It causes damage to the...
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Emerging Techniques to Develop Biotic Stress Resistance in Fruits and Vegetables
Biotic stress is one of the prime causes that limit plant growth and development. Since fruit crops are mostly perennial, biotic stress has a... -
Genome editing (CRISPR-Cas)-mediated virus resistance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Plant viruses are the major pathogens that cause heavy yield loss in potato. The important viruses are potato virus X, potato virus Y and potato leaf...
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A rapid, simple, and highly efficient method for VIGS and in vitro-inoculation of plant virus by INABS applied to crops that develop axillary buds and can survive from cuttings
BackgroundVirus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is one of the most convenient and powerful methods of reverse genetics. In vitro-inoculation of plant...
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Clay nanosheet-mediated delivery of recombinant plasmids expressing artificial miRNAs via leaf spray to prevent infection by plant DNA viruses
Whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses are economically important plant pathogens that cause severe problems in many crop plants, such as tomato, papaya,...
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Suppressor to Survival: RNAi as a Molecular Weapon in Arms Race Between Virus and Host
The sessile nature of the plant kingdom has developed various defense strategies in response to viral attack with different degrees of success. RNA... -
Understanding tobamovirus-plant interactions: implications for breeding resistance to tomato brown rugose fruit virus
The genus Tobamovirus comprises a group of single-stranded RNA viruses that affect a wide variety of vegetables of economic importance. Tobamoviruses...