Viruses are acellular pathogens that cause severe infections in plants, resulting in
worldwide crop losses every year. The lack of chemical agents to control viral diseases …

Global food security is one of the utmost essential challenges in the 21st century in providing
enough food for the growing population while coping with the already stressed environment …

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is one of the most studied plant viral pathogens
because it is the most damaging virus for global tomato production. In order to combat this …

DNA methylation is a dynamic epigenetic mechanism that plays a significant role in gene
expression and also maintains chromatin stability. The process is conserved in both plants …

Gene editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-
associated proteins (CRISPR/Cas) has revolutionized biotechnology and provides genetic …

Main conclusion Present review describes the molecular tools and strategies deployed in
the trait discovery and improvement of major crops. The prospects and challenges …

The family Geminiviridae includes plant-infecting viruses whose genomes are composed of
one or two circular non-enveloped ssDNAs (+) of about 2.5–5.2 kb each in size. These …

Plants' response to pathogens is highly complex and involves changes at different levels,
such as activation or repression of a vast array of genes. Recently, many studies have …

Plant viruses affect crop production both quantitatively and qualitatively. The viral genome
consists of either DNA or RNA. However, most plant viruses are positive single-strand RNA …

Plants are hubs of organismic interactions. They constantly engage in beneficial or
competitive interactions with fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, insects, nematodes, and other …