Virus‐induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a useful technique for rapid plant gene function
analysis. We recently reported a new VIGS vector modified from Tomato yellow leaf curl …

Elucidating the roles and functions of genes has always been, and still remains, a
fascinating endeavor within the plant research field and beyond. This is particularly true in …

Background Nicotiana belongs to the Solanaceae family that includes important crops such
as tomato, potato, eggplant, and pepper. Nicotiana species are of worldwide economic …

Plants encounter several pathogens in their lifetime, and both host and pathogen show
altered gene expression in response to their interaction. These reactions typically include …

Successful systemic infection by plant viruses is the outcome of complex molecular
interactions between host and viral pathogen, leading to spatial and temporal alterations in …

Viruses induce a variety of responses in host cells that are mediated by perturbation of
different signaling pathways. Advances in our understanding of the functions of viral …

We have previously demonstrated that a tobacco rattle virus (TRV)‐based vector can be
used in virus‐induced gene silencing (VIGS) to study gene function in Nicotiana …

Agroinoculation, first developed as a simple tool to study plant–virus interactions, is a
popular method of choice for functional gene analysis of viral genomes. With the explosive …

The history of virology starts with a plant virus, tobacco mosaic virus, being identified as a
novel type of infectious agent in 1898 (Creager et al., 1999). Since then, the ubiquity of …

Highlights•Plant pathogens can show extensive variation in gene content within
species.•Pathogen pangenomes comprise accessory genes often encoding key virulence …