Plant beneficial microorganisms improve the health and growth of the associated plants.
Application of beneficial microbes triggers an enhanced resistance state, also termed as …

RNA silencing is a homology-dependent gene inactivation mechanism that regulates a wide
range of biological processes including antiviral defense. To deal with host antiviral …

Selective autophagy is a double-edged sword in antiviral immunity and regulated by various
autophagy receptors. However, it remains unclear how to balance the opposite roles by one …

Increasing agricultural losses caused by insect infestations are a significant problem, so it is
important to generate pest-resistant crop varieties to address this issue. Several reviews …

RNA silencing is a central regulator of gene expression in most eukaryotes and acts both at
the transcriptional level through DNA methylation and at the post-transcriptional level …

Hemipterans (such as aphids, whiteflies, and leafhoppers) are some of the most devastating
insect pests due to the numerous plant pathogens they transmit as vectors, which are …

In eukaryotic RNA-based antiviral immunity, viral double-stranded RNA is recognized as a
pathogen-associated molecular pattern and processed into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) …

Highlights•AGO1 and AGO2 are the two major plant antiviral ARGONAUTES against RNA
viruses.•AGOs bind virus-derived small RNAs to target complementary viral RNA or …

Plants and invertebrates can protect themselves from viral infection through RNA silencing.
This antiviral immunity involves production of virus-derived small interfering RNAs (viRNAs) …

The shoot apical meristem (SAM) comprises a group of undifferentiated cells that divide to
maintain the plant meristem and also give rise to all shoot organs. SAM fate is specified by …