NAC transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators in
plants, and members of the NAC gene family have been suggested to play important roles in …

Many scientists, if not all, feel that their particular plant virus should appear in any list of the
most important plant viruses. However, to our knowledge, no such list exists. The aim of this …

The corn smut Ustilago maydis establishes a biotrophic interaction with its host plant maize.
This interaction requires efficient suppression of plant immune responses, which is attributed …

Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) is a single-stranded RNA virus with three genome
components designated alpha, beta, and gamma. BSMV vectors have previously been …

Plant viral vectors are valuable tools for heterologous gene expression, and because of
virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), they also have important applications as reverse …

Fungi and oomycetes deliver effectors into living plant cells to suppress defenses and
control plant processes needed for infection. Little is known about the mechanism by which …

Plant viruses can be engineered to carry sequences that direct silencing of target host
genes, expression of heterologous proteins, or editing of host genes. A set of foxtail mosaic …

Virus and viroid diseases are serious constraints to the production and profitability of a wide
range of tropical crops. Many plant virus outbreaks have been recorded in the last two …

Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV) vectors were evaluated for virus-induced gene silencing
(VIGS) of endogenous genes among a broad range of plant species. ALSV vectors carrying …

Homology based gene silencing has emerged as a convenient approach for repressing
expression of genes in order to study their functions. For this purpose, several antisense or …