Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has developed into an indispensable approach to
gene function analysis in a wide array of species, many of which are not amenable to stable …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA-mediated reverse genetics technology that
has evolved into an indispensable approach for analyzing the function of genes. It …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a versatile and attractive approach for functional
gene characterization in plants. Although several VIGS vectors for maize (Zea mays) have …

Verticillium wilt is threatening the world's cotton production. The pathogenic fungus
Verticillium dahliae can survive in the soil in the form of microsclerotia for a long time …

The 21st century witnessed a boom in plant genomics and gene characterization studies
through RNA interference and site-directed mutagenesis. Specifically, the last 15 years …

The cytochrome P450 superfamily of monooxygenases plays a major role in the evolution
and diversification of plant natural products. The function of cytochrome P450s in …

Objectives Sorghum is one of the most recalcitrant species for transformation. Considering
the time and effort required for stable transformation in sorghum, establishing a transient …

Recent reverse genetics technologies have enabled genetic manipulation of plant negative‐
strand RNA virus (NSR) genomes. Here, we report construction of an infectious clone for the …

Insect pests and fungal pathogens are estimated to cause 20–40% yield reduction to crops
annually, causing $290 billion of economic loss every season worldwide. Pest and …

Many plant viruses have been engineered into vectors for use in functional genomics
studies, expression of heterologous proteins, and, most recently, gene editing applications …