Wheat, rice, and maize account for more than 85% of the world's cereal production (apps.
fao. org/default. jsp), and the increasing global demand for wheat heightens the need for …

Cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the most important fibre crop in the world. Cotton
leaf curl disease (CLC uD) is the major limiting factor and a threat to textile industry in India …

We have previously reported effective gene silencing of a transgene and endogenous plant
genes in tobacco and tomato plants using a modified viral satellite DNA associated with …

Verticillium wilt that is caused by Verticillium dahliae, does result in massive annual yield
losses and fiber quality decline in cotton. Control by conventional mechanisms is not …

Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. is a model plant species in which to study plant gene
functions. Recently developed virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) offers a rapid and high …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) can be used to study the function of a gene by
downregulating its expression and analyzing the resulting phenotype. VIGS is a handy tool …

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD), a major factor resulting in the enormous yield losses in
cotton crop, is caused by a distinct monopartite begomovirus in association with Cotton leaf …

Recent discoveries show that fungi can take up environmental RNA, which can then silence
fungal genes through environmental RNA interference. This discovery prompted the …

Verticillium, representing one of the world's major pathogens, causes Verticillium wilt in
important woody species, ornamentals, agricultural, etc., consequently resulting in a serious …

Ageratum yellow vein disease (AYVD) is caused by the association of a Tomato leaf curl
Java betasatellite [Indonesia: Indonesia 1: 2003](ToLCJB-[ID: ID1: 03]) with a begomovirus …