The two major mechanisms of plant defense against pathogens are resistance (the host's
ability to limit pathogen multiplication) and tolerance (the host's ability to reduce the effect of …

Tolerance is defined as an interaction in which viruses accumulate to some degree without
causing significant loss of vigor or fitness to their hosts. Tolerance can be described as a …

Increasing evidence indicates that tolerance is a host defense strategy against pathogens as
widespread and successful as resistance. Since the concept of tolerance was proposed …

Main conclusion This review summarizes the current understanding, future challenges and
ongoing quest on sugar metabolic alterations that influence the outcome of plant–pathogen …

Plant viruses, as obligate intracellular parasites, induce significant changes in the cellular
physiology of host cells to facilitate their multiplication. These alterations often lead to the …

Potato virus Y (PVY) is the most economically important virus affecting potato production.
PVY manipulates the plant cell machinery in order to successfully complete the infecting …

Spectral phenotyping is an efficient method for the nondestructive characterization of plant
biochemical and physiological status. We examined the ability of a full range (350 to 2,500 …

Potato production is one of the most important agricultural sectors, and it is challenged by
various detrimental factors, including virus infections. To control losses in potato production …

Highlights•Plant viruses are important modulators of primary metabolism in infected
cells.•Viruses induce sink metabolism, photosynthesis repression and enhanced …

Posing as one of the major threats for a wide range of plant species, viruses are responsible
for huge losses in crop production around the world. The design of new efficient molecular …