A decade ago, the value of Nicotiana benthamiana as a tool for plant molecular biologists
was beginning to be appreciated. Scientists were using it to study plant-microbe and protein …

Nicotiana benthamiana is the most widely used experimental host in plant virology, due
mainly to the large number of diverse plant viruses that can successfully infect it …

Nicotiana benthamiana is widely used as a model plant for dicotyledonous angiosperms. In
fact, the strains used in research are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses …

Nicotiana benthamiana is an invaluable model plant and biotechnology platform with a~ 3
Gb allotetraploid genome. To further improve its usefulness and versatility, we have …

Colletotrichum orbiculare, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose, infects Nicotiana
benthamiana. Functional screening of C. orbiculare cDNAs in a virus vector-based plant …

Plant viruses, discovered over a century ago when the science of virology was born (for
review, see Creager, 2002), are obligate parasites on their hosts. Through their life cycle …

A single lineage of Nicotiana benthamiana is widely used as a model plant 1 and has been
instrumental in making revolutionary discoveries about RNA interference (RNAi), viral …

Studies of the interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens are
of major importance in plant and crop production. More than 10% of potential agricultural …

Microarrays derived from Solanum tuberosum expressed sequence tags were used to test
the hypothesis that genetically distinct enveloped viruses elicit unique changes in Nicotiana …

Understanding the fundamental mechanisms of plant disease resistance is of central
importance to sustainable agriculture and human health. Use of the model plant Arabidopsis …