Abscisic acid: an emerging player in plant-virus interactions

R Kumar, I Dasgupta - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
In the evolutionary arm race between plants and viral pathogens, the plant hormone abscisic
acid (ABA) has surfaced as a crucial player. This review accumulates substantial evidence …

Phenotypical and molecular characterization of new pepper genotypes resistant to Chili pepper mild mottle virus firstly detected in Europe and other tobamoviruses

M Ojinaga, A Aragones, M Hernández, S Larregla - Scientia Horticulturae, 2024 - Elsevier
The tobamoviruses pose a recent threat to local varieties of Gernika pepper (cv.“Derio”) and
Ibarra chili (cv.“Ibarroria”), causing a substantial decrease in both yield and fruit quality …

Contribution of the Tobamovirus resistance gene Tm-1 to control of ToBRFV resistance in tomato

A Zinger, A Doron-Faigenboim, D Gelbart, I Levin… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is a rapidly spreading pathogen that poses a
significant threat to tomato production worldwide. We previously identified a locus on tomato …